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 — 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.

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