"I didn't sleep for years," she says about her previous attitude toward work, realizing she'd been pushing herself "to the physical edge."
Even as an entrepreneur, Shuster-Bier has set clear boundaries between work and the rest of her life.
"Some people love to work on Sunday at three for a few hours to clear out their email, to get ahead for the week," Shuster-Bier says, and she respects that.
As a one-time policy, she gave each Alula employee an extra week off in May.
'Next week, you're taking the week off, you're working'