Hi, I’m Samhita Arni.

I work at the intersection of storytelling, psychology, and cultural change.

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My journey began when I was 11, writing a child’s version of the Mahabharata to make sense of human nature and the world around me. That book, The Mahabharata: A Child’s View, was published in nine languages and sold over 70,000 copies.

At the time, I thought it was a fluke.

Then, at 26, my second book—Sita’s Ramayana, a graphic novel—became a New York Times bestseller. I was overwhelmed. But success, I learned, is never a straight line.

Years later, I found myself in Afghanistan, writing scripts for a groundbreaking TV show. I returned with PTSD. For a long time, I saw that experience—and my breakdown—as a failure. Now I understand it as a turning point.

That rupture led me to study psychotherapy. It taught me that storytelling isn’t just about words. It’s about healing. Alignment. Meaning. It’s about the stories we inherit, the ones we resist, and the ones we choose to live into.

Since then, I’ve discovered that the storytelling tools I honed as a writer have deep applications beyond the literary realm. They shape identity, culture, communication, leadership—and the future.

Sometimes, our greatest pain contains the seed of our deepest gift.

Today, I bring together the writer and the wounded healer—working with individuals, institutions, and systems to find clarity, coherence, and resonance in the stories they live by.

Story isn’t just communication. It’s transformation.

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