I was a working mom at Amazon who struggled to relax. After I was laid off, I went all in on wellness.
News Source : Business Insider
News Summary
- Rania Zheng, a 34-year-old former senior technical product manager at Amazon, was laid off in October 2025.
- She decided to spend more time on a side project she'd already started while working at Amazon.
- Zheng cofounded her wellness-travel business, Puyu Retreat, which offers curated trips of roughly five to seven days in China.
- She's not yet profitable, and we're reinvesting everything into the trips themselves.
- The business is growing steadily, and its Instagram account has grown to over 20,000 followers.
Rania Zheng went all in on her wellnesstravel business after being laid off by Amazon.
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