Olympic Skier Bella Wright Starts Her Day With Gratitude—and Some Billie Eilish Tunes

Here’s how she gets ready for her first workout of the morning.

Olympian Bella Wright is carving her own path when it comes to competitive alpine skiing. Celebrated for her fearless style and precision on the slopes, the 27-year-old hopes the next two years will be a defining chapter in her career, starting with the World Cup in December.

“Beaver Creek, Colorado, is our first race of the season and my first World Cup in the U.S.,” the Utah native tells Well+Good. “It’s a huge highlight for me, and I would love to bring home a podium and win, especially in front of a home crowd.”

Meanwhile, Wright is also training hard for next year’s World Championship Downhill in super-G (a discipline of alpine skiing), and of course, the 2026 Winter Olympics set to take place in Italy. “I would love to bring home that Olympic gold and make all my biggest dreams come true in these next two years,” she says. “I think I’m at an age and experience level where I’m ready for it.”

But it hasn’t always been smooth sailing for the speed skier, facing various injuries throughout her career, including a torn ACL. And while the eight-month recovery is no joke, she’s actually grateful for that injury.

“After my ACL, I definitely took things a little slow. It took me a while to gain confidence coming back, but it helped me feel less scared with injuries,” she says. “Injuries are part of the sport and come with the territory, so for me, they’ve helped me level up and kept pushing me to see how far I can go.”

Wright’s resilience and determination are fueled not only by her own experiences but by the advice of her mentors including former fellow alpine skier Lindsey Vonn and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. “He’s so good at being a motivator and is someone who’s very genuine,” she says of Johnson. “His biggest piece of advice was to always be the hardest worker in the room, to keep pushing, and to keep being a badass. It’s something I carry with me.”

While Wright’s mornings depend on her intense training schedule, we recently caught up with her to learn how she starts her day, what keeps her grounded, and how she balances her love for plant-based cooking with life on the slopes.

She starts her day with gratitude

I’m typically up around 7 a.m. I have a small notepad by my bed, and I’ve recently started writing three things I’m grateful for right when I wake up. It’s been something that I really appreciate, and because my brain’s a little foggy at that time, I love that it gets me going and thinking. Sometimes I think about the bigger picture, like gratitude for my career or family, and other times I’m grateful for simple things like my robe or lip masks. It’s just fun and doesn’t always have to be serious.

Her robe plays an important role in her mornings

I love to get ready in a robe: I wear fuzzy robes in the winter and silk ones for the summer. For some reason, I grew this obsession with robes, and I think I own about 10. I love a Skims robe, but the one I wear the most is from Chinatown in San Francisco. It’s a beautiful blue silk robe that has these amazing Chinese traditional elements to it, and I think it’s just beautiful. Starting my day with a robe makes me feel fancy when I’m not feeling fancy.

After a while, I’ll change into my activewear. You’ll usually find me in the Project Rock brand—I pretty much live in it. I’m a huge fan of their sports bras because they’re really supportive, comfortable, and flattering. Even their workout shorts and tank tops, they all move really well with an athlete’s body and you can tell it’s built for athletes. I think sometimes with activewear, it’s maybe built more for style but lacks functionality, so I really appreciate Project Rock. I also love their training shoes—my favorites are the Project Rock 7 Training Shoes.

Skims Soft Lounge Short Robe ($90)
Project Rock Sports Bra ($40)
Project Rock Compression Shorts ($32)
Project Rock Tank Top, ($25)
Project Rock 7 Training Shoes ($150)
Editor’s note: Wright is a current ambassador for Project Rock

She has sensitive skin so she keeps her skincare routine simple

In the mornings, I’m getting ready to either go to the gym or do something active with my day. I have a very minimal skincare routine and I have sensitive skin. I use Garnier’s Micellar Water, and I love my Shiseido skincare products. I use their serum, their moisturizer, and sometimes their eye cream too. I finish off with a lip mask. I’m addicted to the Sugar Recovery lip mask from Fresh and also love the ones from Laneige. Lip care has become such a big part of my skincare routine and is always something I’m carrying in my bag.

Garnier Micellar Water ($10)
Shiseido Power Infusing Serum ($38)
Shiseido Essential Energy Hydrating Cream ($50)
Shiseido Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Eye Cream ($65)
Fresh Sugar Recovery Lip Mask ($29)
Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask ($24)

She’s always drinking lemon water—especially in the morning

You’ll pretty much never catch me anywhere without having lemon in my water. In the morning, I love a tall glass of sparkling water with lemon—it’s something I have every morning before heading to the gym around 7:45 a.m.

I used to be a barista many years ago and I would drink way too much coffee, which would make me shake in my sleep from the caffeine. So I decided to wean myself off of it. Now, I love lemon with water and tea. I’ll still have coffee or apple cider, but only as a treat.