It’s Okay to Not be Okay

October 16, 2018 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Family, Friendship, Laughter, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Stress Anxiety, battles, bjj, chronic, Depression, fighting, Jiu Jitsu, love, mental health, self care 1

Lately, I’ve been seeing more and more posts on social media in regards to mental health and my friend’s persistent struggles with bouts of sadness and depression. These feelings impact more people than we could possibly imagine, but since mental health is seen as a “weakness” or taboo subject, many end up suffering in silence, […]

Out of Many, One

September 11, 2018 Samantha Schell Friendship, love, Perseverance, Positivity 911, America, love, Patriotism, United, USA

It really is such a fatal human flaw to fall victim to being selfish. While I do not think I am innately self-centered, more times than I am willing to admit I catch myself focused too much on me and inattentive to others. This morning I was lamenting over the fact that I won’t have […]

I’ll Be There Forever

July 24, 2018 Samantha Schell Competing, Family, love, Parenting, Positivity, winners familia, family, kids, love, parenting, Schell Shock 2

I admit that I mess up a lot. Life doesn’t come with a manual on the correct ways to handle every situation and I stumble my way through most of them like a comatose patient emerging from a paralytic state. I honestly don’t know how people choose to be seen with me in public some […]

Ain’t No Hood Like Parenthood

May 9, 2018 Samantha Schell Family, love, Overcoming Adversity, Parenting, Positivity effort, family, happiness, love, parenting, trying

I am not a parent. I had grown up harboring no maternal aspirations nor dreams of bearing children. In fact, my early 20s were marred with such negative thoughts when it came to raising children, that I would turn down dates with anyone who was already a father. It simply was a deal breaker for […]

Alone We Persevere, Together We Conquer <3

April 23, 2018 Samantha Schell Family love, relationships, schellshock, triumph, victory

The words and phrases we associate with marital bliss sound something like ‘”for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, till death do we part.” But how many of us truly commit ourselves to a relationship in which this phrase rings true? How often do we see friends […]

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