The heartbroken are turning their tears into booming side hustles — but only if they leverage them in the right way

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In October 2020, Amelia Samson's partner ended their tumultuous eight-year relationship. She was heartbroken, but COVID restrictions in her hometown of Seattle meant she couldn't turn to her previous breakup coping mechanisms: going to bars and kissing strangers.

She turned to TikTok, hoping to find reassuring videos about other people getting over heartbreak, but she couldn't find the step-by-step healing journeys she wanted to see, she told Business Insider.