Abhinav Rai
Portrait of Abhinav Rai

Hi, I’m Abhinav

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 — A safe space to connect with yourself. It's an app for self-aware people either in therapy, past it, or doing it solo. You speak into it whenever you don't feel "yourself". It doesn't give advice or solutions; like a good therapist, it connects the dots, reflects back and asks the questions you need. Speaking forces the fog into words and hearing its reflection back helps you see yourself from the outside.

I love deep attuned conversations and I’m also working on One More Chai card game to facilitate the same. It's a deck of ~90 cards for conversations so good, you'll need one more chai. (Yes, I love Chai)

I love building & architecting, writing/editing, deep attuned conversations & honest child like play. I feel most at home closer to nature.

My Recent Writings

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.

My Now | 17th Jan | Dharamshala

Athena is 5 months old, Shifted to new house, Playing Badminton, Going to vietnam for Tet, Integrating my parts, Whatshappening next steps