My Now | 6th Jul | Dharamshala (Monsoon)
Monsoon in Dharamshala. Overcoming a lifelong fear of abandonment - and learning to share, to ship, and to be fully present. WhatsHappening paywall is live. Athena is almost one.

An artist, a healer, partner to Han & father to our little angel Athena.
My quest is to experience & understand this reality, get over my fears & share the anti-dotes back.
I presently live in Dharamshala and a lot of my life now is the slow, honest work of unlearning (fear of abandonment, love had to be earned, etc).
I deeply resonate with Internal Family Systems & I’ve worked extensively with my therapist, documenting many of our sessions in the blog section.
I’m currently building WhatsHappening — an anchor for your inner world / a diary that remembers & talks back / facilitator for solo therapy. I’ve been my own first user for a year now — it’s the closest app to me right now.
I love deep attuned conversations and I’m also working on One More Chai card game to facilitate the same.
I love building & architecting, writing/editing, deep attuned conversations & honest child like play. I feel most at home closer to nature. I love cooking food, researching, playing guitar, coloring a mandala, giving massage & bath to Athena (love this connection activity), documenting my insight to making this website and almost everything art!
This site is where I think out loud. If any of it resonates, here’s more about me.
Monsoon in Dharamshala. Overcoming a lifelong fear of abandonment - and learning to share, to ship, and to be fully present. WhatsHappening paywall is live. Athena is almost one.
Now page for Abhinav Rai - 14th April, 2026.
Athena is 5 months old, Shifted to new house, Playing Badminton, Going to vietnam for Tet, Integrating my parts, Whatshappening next steps