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Shadow
The meanest person I have ever met is my shadow. She looks like me and sounds like me, but the words that she speaks aren’t mine. She is...
Mackenzie Rummel
Nov 17, 20232 min read
Alone
How do you go from alone, independent, and happy to self-consious, confused, afraid, people-pleasing, hypervigilant and still alone? You...
Mackenzie Rummel
Oct 26, 20234 min read
Healing
Very much in my feels today so I'm just going to use this as a brain dump. Parenting is difficult, especially in the beginning because as...
Mackenzie Rummel
Oct 21, 20232 min read
Waves
Everyone has their own unique lens through which they see the world, but mine are clouded. Not the rose-colored tint that you wear when...
Mackenzie Rummel
Sep 4, 20236 min read
Molly
Today in therapy I actually talked about a happy memory. I didn't think I had that many of those, so it's nice to have a reminder that...
Mackenzie Rummel
Sep 1, 20233 min read
Tired
Healing is exhausting. No one really tells you this, but recovering from an abusive relationship of any kind is exhausting. Just because...
Mackenzie Rummel
Aug 31, 20231 min read
Nerve
Contemplation of the day....well more like contemplation of the week. Let me explain. Something that my therapist taught me that really...
Mackenzie Rummel
Aug 23, 20233 min read
Good Enough
Contemplation of the Day: Good Enough As I was sitting at the park with my husband watching my son play in the dirt, I began to...
Mackenzie Rummel
Aug 20, 20231 min read
"It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It"
“Have you ever noticed the whole time we have been dating, I’ve never once called you a b*tch?” Ryan responds during one of our screaming...
Mackenzie Rummel
Aug 18, 20238 min read
Hello Hello
Hello everyone 👋🏼 my pen name is Mackenzie Rummel. I so badly want to share my story, and for now the best way to do that is with a...
Mackenzie Rummel
Aug 18, 20233 min read
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