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Mackenzie Burkford

Registered respiratory therapist and social media creator known as "Mack from Respiratory," who makes PICU RT education and humor content on TikTok and Instagram

Sep 18, 2026

MattHOST
14:28
You're just like, "Yeah, I'm doing it right." Every once in a while, every once in a while I get a clunker, right? So how, how do you handle that?
14:36
I think the good outweighs the bad.
14:38
I, I think in all my time on posting, I, I understand there's a lot of unhappy people, there's a lot of negative people, and they are flooding social media, and that's ...
14:49
Before I started doing this, I really, I just had to do a lot of self-talk and tell myself, "You know who you are, the people around you know who you are, and what, if someone says something negative about you, let them and move on with it." Now, if the negative, negativity outweighs the good, maybe you are doing something, but that's not the case for me.
15:14
Um, and honestly, like, seeing the comments that I have gotten on my videos, and it's been more, it's been more abundant lately, and I feel love from my viewers, and I feel like people enjoy watching me, and that's why I keep posting the way I do.
15:32
So if I get someone in the comments that's mean and nasty, um, I ignore it, and that's just something I've had to do for myself, too, so that it doesn't really weigh on me.
15:46
And again, I'm just, posting has gotten me so confident and comfortable with myself, and I am my own worst critic as well.

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MattHOST
38:06
But what is the next steps for you, your channel, life in general?

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