Gives You Hell

July 18, 2023 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity Anxiety, bjj, Jiu Jitsu, karma, positivity, revenge, success

How many people cross paths in our life that truly enjoy every moment of our failures, and relish in every single one of our down falls. Sometimes out of jealousy or envy, or out of a once-soured relationship, or simply because our mere existence seems to bother them. But if there is a universally relatable […]

Gossip Queen

March 7, 2023 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Competing, Positivity, self confidence, Teaching bjj, drama, gossip, gym, Jiu Jitsu, success, victory, vitriol 4

An unfortunate reality I have had to learn lately, is that I can not control the opinions people form about me from the lies they are told by disingenuous people. I’ve run into a conundrum lately, where I have found myself being shunted by people I thought I had a lovely and cordial and even […]

Don’t Just Talk About It, Be About It

November 30, 2021 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence bjj, Competition, success

What’s that title mean? Well, I guess it all boils down to if you’re gonna talk the talk, you sure as hell better walk the walk. I pride myself in establishing that my word is my bond; I don’t commit myself to tasks and obligations only to not follow through. If I promise something, I […]

But What If You Don’t

March 2, 2021 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, winners bjj, effort, failures, hard work, kickboxing, MMA, muay thai, self sabotahge, success 2

It’s easier to not try; to allow yourself to fail even at something you so desperately want rather than deal with the disappointment of trying really hard and coming up short regardless. We can be so consumed with the fear of failure that we give up before something even begins. We can have it set […]

Hi, Ho Silver

January 26, 2021 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Friendship, Overcoming Adversity bjj, diet, goals, nutrition, self control, self discipline, success

You can lead a horse to water, but you can not make it drink. There has been an awful amount of time lately where I have been feeling like the world’s crappiest cowboy, shepherding a multitude of horses to the trough, only for them to whinny and thrash about because they are thirsty, yet refusing […]

Don’t Let Your Dreams Be Dreams

January 5, 2021 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance bjj, Champion, Competition, Dreams, failure, Jiu Jitsu, success 3

How much wasted time is spent dreaming about the possibilities of the future instead of waking up and living it? The time is going to pass regardless, shouldn’t it be spent pursuing our goals, no matter what our age or life circumstances? A whole entire brand new year is upon us, and a wise man […]

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 […]

The Hungry Wolf Howls Alone

July 3, 2018 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence crying, Depression, diet, effort, MMA, success, weightcut, WMMA

Cutting weight blows. I miss carbs. Don’t get me wrong, I’m ecstatic with the results, but I would definitely rather have my pizza and donuts than my celery and water. Only someone who truly has a dream and a passion for fighting would put themselves through this. I’ve already planned my meals for afterwards and […]

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