My Neck, My Back, This Quarantine is Whack

April 21, 2020 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, mental health, Positivity, Stress Anxiety, bjj, coronavirus, covid19, gym, Jiu Jitsu, pandemic, quarantine, self isolation, Stress, yoga

The times are unprecedented and the phrase ‘the new normal’ is being tossed around quite a bit as of late. One way courses being implemented in grocery stores, mandatory requirements on facial coverings and masks when out in public, all businesses deemed nonessential shut down for the foreseeable future. The economy is crippling, people are […]

I Wonder When I Love Me is Enough?

April 14, 2020 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Anxiety, BJJ, Family, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance bjj, coronavirus, covid19, Jiu Jitsu, kindness, love, patience, quarantine, self care 1

Be patient with yourself; be kind, and nurturing, and understanding. We are all processing this current pandemic in a multitude of ways, and everyone right now is suffering from a variety of losses, from personal, professional, educational and recreational. There is no right or wrong way to grieve the missed dances, graduations, weddings, and competitions, […]

One is the Loneliest Number

April 7, 2020 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Family, Friendship, Laughter, love, mental health bjj, coronavirus, covid19, friendship, Jiu Jitsu, love, mental health, quarantine, self care 1

Oxygen, water, food, shelter and companionship? Do humans really need human interaction to survive just as resolutely as we need food and water? According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, we do. There is a reason solitary confinement in the prisons is used as a form of punishment. There’s a reason Tom Hank’s character in Castaway […]

Distancing the Bullshit

March 31, 2020 Samantha Schell Anxiety, Laughter, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, Stress adversity, coronovirus, isolation, mental health, persdeverance, quarantine, resiliency, social isolation, Stress 1

Everyday a lesson learned and once again a new chance to make things right or repeat your history of making the same fucking mistakes over and over like a a repetitive conundrum of disaster. We are all currently living in Lemony Snicket’s series of unfortunate events and the entire world is in disarray. I’m sure […]

Arrested Development

March 24, 2020 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Anxiety, BJJ, Family, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance adaptation, Anxiety, bjj, coronavirus, covid 19, Jiu Jitsu, quarantine

Ah-hem- *Puts on my Akon voice* “Cuz I’m locked up. They won’t let me out. No they won’t let me out. I’m locked up.” This whole damn virus pandemic has all of us feeling like we are locked up in a penitentiary cell without a scheduled date of release and it is exceptionally aggravating. I […]

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