To Be Loved for Existing: A Healing Realisation

A birthday reflection on trauma, faith, and healing—things I wish someone told me so I didn’t spend millions of rupiah on meds and therapy.

A birthday reflection on trauma, faith, and healing—things I wish someone told me so I didn’t spend millions of rupiah on meds and therapy.

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Being a Muslim woman in Indonesia is political by design. This episode of Unbridled dissects Keluarga Berencana, MUI’s fatwas, and the state’s exploitation of women’s bodies—calling vasectomy taboo while systemic misogyny thrives unchecked.

Unfiltered reflections on leftist spaces, trauma, and accountability. From mutual aid to purity politics, I explore how carceral logic repeats itself in activist circles—and why reintegration, nuance, and solidarity rooted in care must replace cycles of exile.

Jiwa tidak lahir dalam keadaan utuh. Ia lahir dari retakan. Di full episode perdana The Undying Soul ini, Wanda membagikan kisah nyata tentang luka masa kecil, pengkhianatan spiritual, dan kematian emosional yang membawanya memilih Islam dengan sadar. Ini bukan kisah pemulihan yang linear. Ini adalah pertemuan dengan iman, keluarga, dan patriarki. Sebuah ajakan untuk mempertanyakan apa yang diwariskan dan mulai memilih apa yang benar-benar sejalan. Di sinilah perjalanan dimulai.

"Per aspera ad astra"—through hardships to the stars. Episode ini adalah awal dari The Undying Soul, ruang di mana bertahan hidup bukan sekadar soal ketahanan, tapi juga tentang bangkit dan merebut jati diri kembali. Aku berbagi kisahku—bukan hanya tentang luka, tapi juga tentang perlawanan. Dari menghadapi trauma hingga melepaskan diri dari ekspektasi masyarakat, this podcast is a testament to those who refuse to stay silent. Jika kamu pernah merasa suaramu tenggelam, this space is for you.
This short memoir traces autism, hypergraphia, and grief — writing as survival and words as both weight and remedy. A personal reflection on faith, trauma, and the fragile relief of being held together by language.