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Mohini Dasari, MD

@modawrites.bsky.social
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Mom, Surgeon, Writer| Author: SHAILA’S DANCE (Jan 2026) www.mohinidasari.com

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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
a.co/d/hpDYmDv Excited to share my children's book! Whether your little one is scared of the dark or you are in need of some light in these dark times, I hope this can bring some 💡 into your life Inspired by parenting & navigating bedtime routine/fear of the dark #writing #childrensbooks
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My Night Lights
My Night Lights [Dasari, Mohini, Joglekar, Devika] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. My Night Lights
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Swallowing the mom guilt and going on the work trip and enjoying oneself while away is… hard but possible. Important. Do the thing, it’s good to be a real person sometimes outside of parenting responsibilities. San Diego you’re lovely 🌴 @sages.org @womensurgeons.bsky.social
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
#grateful for my anesthesiologist, circulating RN and scrub being the hype fam I never knew I needed, talking about how they’re excited to support me and buy my fiction book coming out later this year… work fam goals 😍🫶🏽 #SurgSky #MedSky #Writing
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
#writingsky #pregnancy #pregnancyloss #miscarriage #motherhood #writing #nonfiction #shortstory
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
But the whole reason I wrote this piece is because miscarriage is common, and it's just as much a part of the narrative of pregnancy and family growth-- even if it's not a happy ending. This is dedicated to anyone who has experienced, directly or indirectly, any form of loss
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
CW: pregnancy loss It feels strange posting about this, a it's something I've tried to actively not think about since it happened for the first time last summer, and then again just before Christmas.
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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Empty Black Circle | Creative Nonfiction by Mohini Dasari in the February 11, 2025 issue of The Write Launch
I feel as hollow as the empty black circle staring at me from the screen. The nurse practitioner is quiet as she scans my uterus. A push to the left, a push to the right. Left, right, left, right. I g...
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
3/ Without letting go and resting, hard work alone is not the way to happiness or inner peace. Reminding myself to find my place in mental Savasana more often 🪷 #yoga #mindfulness #mentalhealth #awareness
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
2/ "You all are really good at doing hard things. That's why you're here" (we all laugh) But can you be as good at letting you and resting, as you are at doing the poses? Silence... It's golden advice.
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
1/ Pearls from yoga class... In between the poses in my Hatha yoga class that I went to this morning, we do Savasana The teacher is really good about emphasizing the importance of rest as equally, if not more important, than the asanas themselves
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The result? I can feel the creativity, self-love and excitement for life coming back, after all the years I tried to fit a mold that didn't serve me #selfgrowth #selfdiscovery #mindfulness #growthmindset #medicine #MedSky #surgery #careers #writing #creativity
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The possibilities are endless; everything you start doesn't have to finish. That doesn't mean it didn't do something for you, teach you something, or serve some purpose in your life Medicine attracts & retains perfectionists So now I'm learning to free myself from expectations that do not serve me
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I'm working on a nonfiction book, a poetry collection, publishing a fiction book I've been sitting on since my 20s, and starting a new fiction book... all things that bring me joy, and do not necessarily fit in with what I have been doing for the last 15+ years
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Almost two years ago I made a major career change It's take a long time to figure out who I am again, and I won't even pretend that I've gotten to the bottom of it But I'm rediscovering who I am and what I love outside of medicine
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
🌙 Monday Manifestation ☀️: My career doesn’t define me. I can switch gears and be constantly changing, evolving, learning, experiencing 🍃 Growth is an infinite process #medsky #surgsky #mindfulness #growth #awareness #career
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Managed to squeeze in a 50 min Pilates reformer workout while on weekend call without my pager going off… feelin some kind of way 🤩🤩💫👌🏽💯 Aka thank you pager gods for this little grace— makes a huge difference #MedSky #SurgSky #selfcare
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
When a postop patient held my hands And told me “You have golden hands Which in my language means Your hands do what they were made to do well” I felt my restlessness melt And I smiled in gratitude behind my mask Her words healing me as well 🙏🏽 #medsky #surgsky #poetry #healthcare
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Here. On the floor. Playing in her room. The simplicity is haunting as I know it’ll be gone far too soon I’m trying to slow down, sit down, and cherish each moment I can be Fully present In her sweet room #poem #pause #parenting #mindfulness #poetrysky #parentingsky #mothersky #writingsky
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Me trying to play with ZZ at the end of a long day Hearts full but proverbial tanks on empty I wish our lives didn’t move so fast— the demands of our jobs, our obligations, our health— taking us directly away from where we need to be:
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Monday musings 🌙 January has been eventful so far, in good and hard ways. Journaling more and enjoying the introspection and self-time that it brings ❣️🙏🏽 Writing is medicine for the soul ✍🏽 💫 #writing #journaling #mindfulness #selflove #writingsky #writersky #MedSky #selfcare #mentalhealth
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Digging up words I wrote years ago, this is 2016… 2025 is a year for self renewal, self rediscovery 🌙 #reflection #mindfulness #poetry #poems #writing
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
medium.com/@moda414/not... If you’ve ever struggled to put yourself out there, your words, your art, your soul… this one’s for you ❣️🎈🌙 #insecurity #confidence #mindfulness #writing
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Note to Fellow Insecure Writers
Don’t shy away from writing. That’s your only hope.
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
2025 intentions: staying present & remembering to laugh even when things are hard And 🤞🏽 publishing the book for her that I started last year ✍🏽 #medsky #surgsky #momsky #writing #poetry #writers #mindfulness #parenting #motherhood #growth
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
medium.com/practice-in-... For all my fellow (recovering or ongoing) perfectionists out there… be kind to yourself 🎀 #perfectionism #writers #introspection #mindfulness #awareness
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The Antidote to Perfectionism
What is it? It’s action.
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Just a little non-haiku I wrote (because apparently diary has three syllables not two 😝) #poetry #shortpoems #writing #writers #inspiration #mindfulness
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
medium.com/@moda414/clo... Anyone else feel perpetually overwhelmed, even by what should be fun— like creating? Try closing some tabs- I’ve found it so helpful & hope you might too 🙏🏽 #writers #writing #creativity #art #MedSky #simplify #mindfulness
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Close the Tabs
Do you ever feel like there’s so much you want to do and can’t ever get it all done?
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Self-expression at work 🥳 #SurgSky #MedSky #ilooklikeasurgeon
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Woke up the last two days 30 mins earlier than usual to try to write before work and my daughter like clockwork woke up before I could sit down to write. HOW do people with little ones get up early and write? I swear the little ones have an internal alarm 😂 #writers #writing #momlife #parenting
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
medium.com/@moda414/you... Inspired by A Charlie Brown Christmas 🎄 #mentalhealth #depression #mentalhealthawareness #writing #observing #mindfulness
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You’re More Than Your Depression
Depression throws a dark, doubtful shadow over most things: situations, relationships, opportunities and — most damagingly— self-esteem. It can feel so overwhelming and at the same time so subtle…
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
medium.com/@moda414/the... Why are boundaries so hard?! How we were raised, self-imposed standards for pleasing others, cultural settings & perfectionist tendencies may have something to do with it ;) #selfawareness #mindfulness #boundaries #mentalhealth #peoplepleasing #introspection #MedSky
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The Enigma of Boundaries
It’s hard to know how to set boundaries as an adult when “boundaries” wasn’t really a concept for you for the first 2–3 decades of your…
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Hi there, great to meet you too! 🪷
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
medium.com/@moda414/the... Any #MedSky #Surgsky folks interested in #writing, #literaryarts, #mindfulness -- let's connect!
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The Secret to Living in the Moment
It actually isn’t a secret. We just somehow forget how to do it as we get older.
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Totally agree, we need much more time to heal than we are often able or allowed to take. Sorry for what you went through ❣️
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Thanks for sharing @andreamerrill.bsky.social — check out Scrubbed Out Surgeon, a beautiful project highlighting the artistic passions & pursuits of surgeons! #surgsky #medsky #surgery
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I know the healing is there, somewhere, in receiving and reading these texts... and no matter what, I still carry the love for those who I was fortunate to be able to help along the way, like him and his wife. #medsky #surgsky #transplant #healing #medicine #surgery
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I don't have the heart to tell him I'm no longer part of that team. I love receiving these updates from him, though they also cause me pain to remember the field I once loved and left for reasons that had nothing to do with the amazing patient care itself.
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
It's been over a year since I published this... I received a text today from a patient's husband telling me his wife is doing great 2 years out from her liver transplant. Thanking me and the rest of the team for all that we did for his wife. kevinmd.com/2023/08/the-...
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The untold struggles of a surgical fellow
My experiences with mental illness as a surgical trainee included postpartum depression, generalized anxiety, and adjustment disorder, leading me to almost quit due to crippling depression during my t...
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
6/ I share this with the #medsky #surgsky community in particular b/c loss occurs for so many people and often in environments where we are expected to move on & work hard as if nothing happened. I hope sharing thiswill help someone else feel a bit less alone. #pregnancy #miscarriage #motherhood
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
5/ Things were not okay, not for many weeks. Two surgeries later, I appear to be physically healed. Mentally, I will heal, but it may be slow, and may never be complete. Trying to honor my scars, physical and mental, along the way.
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
4/ But it's important for me to put the words, however disjointed, out there. These things happen. They need to be talked about. Loss is a part of life. To talk only of the wins and the love feels incomplete and inaccurate.
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
3/ These things are incredibly personal. When I posted a picture of myself recovering from surgery (which was for complications of the miscarriage after I had a D&C). I could not find the words inside me to talk about what happened. Even now, words feel disjointed, my sentences incomplete.
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
2/ We never share our stories with each other. We put our heads down, deal with our grief in silence. When there is positive news to share, we can be open and honest. When things fall about, it's best to be quiet.
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
1/ Content warning: Pregnancy, Loss Only after my miscarriage do I start learning about other women in my life who have had miscarriages. It seems like there were so many women around me for years who suffered in silence.
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Mohini Dasari, MD @modawrites.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
#medsky happy to be here, it already looks and feels so much… more like community ❣️ I’m here to write and read about thoughts & feelings, especially reflections on life in medicine #surgsky
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