JOIN US MAY 24: A consultant who s worked with the US Army will explain how to prevent and recover from burnout slebowitz@businessinsider.com (Shana Lebowitz)
Paula Davis calls herself a recovering people-pleasing perfectionist achieve-aholic. As a commercial real estate lawyer, she tried to exceed expectations in her incredibly demanding job. One day she wound up in the hospital for stress-induced stomach aches.
Today Davis is the founder and CEO of the Stress & Resilience Institute, where she helps redesign work cultures at the likes of Walgreens and Coca-Cola. She studied positive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and joined the university s team that taught resilience skills to the US Army.