A Guide to Not Giving a F*ck

February 26, 2019 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence chess, Competition, Jiu Jitsu, mental health, MMA, perseverance, self help, WMMA

So the other day I walk into my second favorite place on the planet, the bookstore, (the gym and cage are obviously the #1 contenders) and I head over to the selection of the most current best sellers. I happen to notice the majority of the most recent best selling books are self-help ones. Not […]

New Year, Who Dis??

January 1, 2019 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Competing, Family, Laughter, love, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence anniversary, bjj, chess, fighter, goals, life, love, MMA, new year, nye, perseverance, strategy, WMMA 2

Welp, it’s officially 2019 team and we made it through another year. If you’re reading this expecting me to come out swinging with some “new year, new me” bs, let me stop you right now. Unfortunately for all of you, I plan on coming into 2019 the same old tenacious little midget with high aspirations […]

Head, Shoulders, Knees, Plateaus

October 2, 2018 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Competing, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, winners bjj, family, goals, growth, perseverance, plateaus, Resilient, Schell Shock, Schell Shock BJJ, success, team 3

If you’ve trained Jiu Jiitsu for a significant amount of time and can say with the utmost confidence that you have never felt undeserving of your rank, I’m calling shenanigans right now. Some days you go on the mats kicking butt as the hammer, and other days you get pounded as the nail (I’m also […]

Winners Never Quit and Quitters Never Win

July 10, 2018 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, winners bjj, BJJ girls, Champion, Competition, Competitors, Don't Quit, MMA, Never Quit, Never Stop, perseverance, Resilient, schellshock, schellshockbjj, Team Rubao Carioca, WMMA 1

I will not quit, not ever. In life, on the mats, in a fight, I won’t ever stop. All the eyes watching me, whether rooting for me or secretly (and sometimes not so secretly) hoping I fail, they will never see me give up. Either I finish and wind up victorious, or I lose after […]

Always Bent, Never Broken

June 5, 2018 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Positivity, self confidence bjj, bjjgirls, defeat, Dreams, MMA, OVercoming Adversity, perseverance, Resilient, Setbacks, victory, WMMA

My body is deteriorating at a rapid rate. I’ve crunched bones, torn ligaments, fractured disks, sprained joints, concussed myself, swelled up my skin, dislocated body parts, and spilled my own blood more times than I can count. But I don’t quit. I don’t stop. Either I am exceptionally stupid, or I’m woefully stubborn. Either way, […]

Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce

May 29, 2018 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Positivity, self confidence bjj, BJJ girls, conquer, defeat, perseverance, strength, stronger, struggling, technique, victory

Strike one: I’m a woman. Strike two: I am small. Strike three: I picked the most physically demanding sport possible. Truth is, I always wanted to fight. I’ve dreamed about it for a long time. At the age of 14, I was gifted my very first iPod and created my Apple ID. The security question […]

Without Limitations

April 26, 2018 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Positivity beating the odds, bjj, brazilianjiujitsu, overcome, perseverance, schellshock, tenacity, triumph, victory, without limitations 2

Life is hard. Find any person and they’ll have a story for what valid reasons make their life difficult. But what if it was apparent to the outside world just exactly why our life was so difficult? What if we had physical adversities that hindered our daily life in ways most could never relate to? […]

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