How Now Brown Cow

January 14, 2020 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Competing, Laughter, Perseverance, Positivity bjj, humor, Jiu Jitsu, laughter, lol, MMA, perseverance, Schell Shock 2

I can’t be the only one who immediately thinks of the poop emoji when they think of the color brown, right? Hello, it’s me, the newest addition to the flocks of fecal colored Jiu Jitsu practitioners adorned with a crisp new brown belt, or faixa marrom as the cultured folk say. While I am, in […]

I’m a Bitch, I’m a Lover

January 7, 2020 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Family, Friendship, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Stress anguish, bjj, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, competing, happiness, Jiu Jitsu, love, mental health, positivity, self improvement 2

I hate the world today. Nah, honestly even if that’s not true, I feel like everyone can relate a little bit to Meredith Brooks in one way or another. Some days, we just wake up on the wrong side of the bed for no apparent reason. It’s like sometimes someone pissed in our bowl of […]

Make Me the Bad Guy, Chun-Li

December 17, 2019 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Perseverance, Positivity bjj, Competition, Jiu Jitsu, MMA, negativity, positivity, training, WMMA 2

It’s amazing how you can accomplish so much and yet, still feel like a failure. Overall, I had a pretty significant year, but all I can do is focus upon the areas in which I fell short. I do this with every training session as well. Instead of thinking about what I’m walking away having […]

I Don’t Think You’re Ready for This Jelly

November 19, 2019 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity bjj, doubt, greatness, haters, Jiu Jitsu, MMA, positivity, WMMA

“Envy is Ignorance. Imitation is Suicide.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson. “These bitches salty, they sodium. They Jelly, petroleum.”- Cardi B. My mind can be a scary place. Why do we continue to put our best foot forward, smile in the face of adversity, and strive so hard to be a good person when the world just […]

Float Like Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee

October 15, 2019 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Family, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence bjj, butterfly, butterfly effect, Dreams, fighting, Jiu Jitsu, perseverance, positivity

I preface a lot of posts by saying I don’t know who needs to hear this but (and then implementing my infinite wisdom on the masses with the next sentence) but this time I am screaming this advice from the rooftops because this is something everyone in all walks of life needs to hear. You […]

F.irst A.ttempt I.n L.earning

October 8, 2019 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, mental health, winners Anxiety, bjj, brazilianjiujitsu, comeback, Competition, defeat, failure, Jiu Jitsu, try, victory

I can’t even begin to count the amount of times I have failed at something as everyday my life is composed of tiny little mistakes accumulating day in and day out. I have failed my teammates, my coaches, my students, my family, my parents, my partner, and myself. I have failed as a student, as […]

The Lost Art of Integrity

October 1, 2019 Samantha Schell BJJ, Family, mental health, Positivity, self confidence bjj, change, integrity, Jiu Jitsu, morals, positivity, selfless

In the eyes of some people, nothing you ever do accomplish in life will ever be good enough. And all I gotta say about that is fuck those people, they ain’t your people sis. They are just a bunch of miserable shells of unfulfilled and unsatisfied folks grasping at straws. I’m not out here trying […]

U-G-L-Y You Ain’t Got No Alibi

September 17, 2019 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Friendship, love, Positivity, self confidence bjj, BJJ girls, female empowerment, feminism, girls who fight, Jiu Jitsu, MMA, wonder women

Too fat. Too skinny. Too tall. Too short. Too old. Not strong enough. Not fast enough. Not smart enough. All words we have probably heard muttered about women every now and then, but even worse, these negative phrases are more often than not begrudgingly whispered about in hushed voices by other women. Or otherwise plastered […]

No Guts, No Glory. No Pain, No Story.

September 3, 2019 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Competing, Family, Friendship, love, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Positivity, self confidence, winners bjj, fighting, Jiu Jitsu, love, MMA, positivity, Quitters, winners

Crying doesn’t make you a loser. Bleeding doesn’t make you a loser. Tapping doesn’t make you a loser. Even failing doesn’t make you a loser. Quitting, however, does. And this, I should add, is with anything in life, not just Jiu Jitsu or MMA. Quite recently, I was ready to give up on something because […]

August 6, 2019 Samantha Schell BJJ, Family, Friendship, love, mental health, Parenting, Perseverance, Positivity, Stress bjj, family, happiness, Jiu Jitsu, love, MMA, parenthood, WMMA 4

I can’t be the only one out here constantly feeling like nothing I do is ever good enough. I try so hard and sometimes I’m sat here wondering what’s even the point? I’m not sure if there is an appreciation of the sacrifices made or the efforts put forth so why am I busting my […]

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