Come Hel(ene) and High Water

October 1, 2024 Samantha Schell Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity helene, help, hurricane, hurricane reliefe, national emergency, United 9

Hurricane Helene just tore through the country, leaving whole towns and counties completely devastated in its wake. As a resident of North Carolina, I have personally seen the effects that Helene has had on the western part of the state, mainly with Asheville and Buncombe County and the surrounding mountainous terrain. Helene rampaged through Florida, […]

Look For the Helpers

November 14, 2023 Samantha Schell Family, Friendship, love, mental health algorithms, happiness, hattred, help, helpers, positivity 115

What is going on in the world lately? More division, more ravaging of lands, more bloodshed, more hate, more sadness. I’m trying to remember the words of Mister Rogers in these times of bleak despair, and that is to “look for the helpers.” Monday, November 13th was ‘World Kindness Day,’ and the world could sure […]

What About Me?

January 11, 2022 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity bjj, Competition, help, Jiu Jitsu 3

We live in a day and age where everyone’s lives are thrust full-force in your face, and in the advanced technological era, so much of what we see is not all remotely close to reality. People lie, people embellish, people exaggerate, people photoshop, and people present a falsehood to heighten their sense of self. Many […]

You Are Not Alone

May 4, 2021 Samantha Schell Anxiety, love, mental health, Perseverance, Positivity, Stress Anxiety, Depression, help, love, mental health, Stress

May is mental health awareness month; a cause I will champion and continue to champion for the rest of my days. Perhaps the reason for this is because almost every single person you know has dealt with this issue in one aspect or another, whether it has personally effected them or someone that they love […]

‘No’ is a Complete Sentence

February 2, 2021 Samantha Schell Anxiety, mental health, Positivity happiness, health, help, sanity, self care, self help

The title is something I am constantly invoking, especially when speaking with one of my brothers. He is one of the most kind-hearted and purest souls of a person that I know, and he absolutely hates disappointing people. So much so, in fact, that often times he stretches himself too thin or ends up inundated […]

Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

July 31, 2018 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Family, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Stress Anxiety, bjj, BJJ girls, Competition, confidence, help, Jiu Jitsu, life, MMA, Schell Shock, Schell Shock BJJ, self help, Stress, struggles 1

When I write these blogs, I like to imagine myself akin to Carrie Bradshaw a la Sex and the City, but I probably more accurately resemble Oscar the Grouch, clacking annoyingly away at my keyboard from the trash can that is my life. I’m dumped on. A lot. At work, at home, on the mats, […]

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