Alice has lived one of those lives that you would only think happen in movies. Born into a wealthy Chinese-Indonesian family, Alice struggled to connect with her parents and rebelled against their traditional expectations. She pursued a scholarship to Harvard, where she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and developed an interest in Neo Shamanism and alternative healing.
In this episode, Alice shares how her involvement with the orgasmic meditation community allowed her to break free from conventional sexual beliefs and decondition herself at a deeper level. She also opens up about her experiences with sugaring which allowed her to challenge cultural norms and explore her own desires. Through her journey and recent experience with psychedelics, Alice has come to believe that mental health issues can be viewed as a superpower rather than a stigma.
This candid conversation offers a glimpse into Alice's wild journey of self-discovery and the unconventional path she has taken. Her story is one that will make us rethink a lot of stigma around sexuality, gender and mental illness.
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Alice Huang Wijaya a writer, multimedia storyteller, and tech professional with a degree from Harvard, focusing on Neo Shamanism. Her work has been featured in Vice, Rice Media, and The Edge, covering a range of topics from technology, cryptocurrency, gender to sex and underground culture. She recently won a literature award from Singlit Bootcamp in 2020, received a fiction deal from Penguin and currently working on her debut novel, The American Dream.
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Sugar Dating, Orgasmic Meditation and Rethinking Bipolar - Alice Huang Wijaya