Rachel Morgan

YOU ARE INVITED!

What: A Pop-Up Book Signing

When: May 30, 2026

What Time: 1-3 pm

Where: The Book Tavern, located at 978 Broad St, Augusta, GA 30901

How and Why: I missed out on a...

This morning, I was looking through my therapy notes and handouts for two reasons:

1. I need a reminder on some tools that will help me as I fight against my depression and PTSD demons. It’s amazing how quickly you forget things, and
2. I wanted to find something useful to share.

And I did. I’m going to talk about TIPP skills, which help reduce extreme emotions quickly (so that you can go about your day, survive the next moment, escape a dangerous situation, etc.)

T =...

It’s been a while since I wrote, and I’m too tired to apologize. Take comfort knowing I feel guilty. Always.

I wish I were a machine and could write all the things I want to write. I want to reach people and offer resources I’ve been given, and I felt a fire under my belly for a long time. But then I kept on getting emails from SubStack stating my stats. And on average, only 3 people actually open my newsletter. So, it deflated me, and I don’t feel like I’m doing much good here.

THE ROUGH NEWS

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My old PHP therapist, Jon, always said, “If people just utilized deep breathing and exercise in their therapy, I would most likely be out of a job.”

That’s not a slight on his job or a dismissal of people’s problems. It speaks volumes though about how important, yet underutilized, deep breathing and exercise are as tools in your therapy toolbox.

For purposes of this post today though, let’s just focus on deep breathing.

WHY DEEP BREATHING

Playing devil’s advocate, why NOT deep breathing? You have...