One Puck at a Time: The Psychology of ‘One Day at a Time’

When goalie Connor Hellebuyck stopped 41 shots to help the U.S. Olympic team bring home the gold, it wasn’t only his athleticism on display. We can all learn from his psychological approach.

Life can feel like fielding pucks: a barrage of incoming stressors about work, parenting, health, and uncertainty. It’s no wonder we feel overwhelmed. We are trying to manage the entire game at once.

In a recent article posted on Medium, Rogers’ Chief Clinical Officer Heather Jones, PhD, shares how we can use the idea of “one puck at a time,” or “one day at a time,” as a powerful resilience strategy—one we can all apply, Olympian or not.