🌬️ Episode 16: Taking a Stand (and a Breath): Life and Advocacy with COPD - With Guest Phyllis DiLorenzo 🌬️ Release Date: July 6, 2025

Welcome back to The Cozy Lung Lounge Podcast, proudly sponsored by BluZone Health. In Episode 16, we welcome the inspiring Phyllis DiLorenzo—a retired social worker, devoted family woman, and passionate COPD advocate. 🫁💛

Diagnosed with COPD nine years ago, Phyllis has become a powerful voice within the COPD Foundation community, working tirelessly alongside fellow patients and staff to drive awareness, support, and change.

🎙️ Podcast Hosts: Amy Sheldon | Gina Hoots | Kelly Welton-Lewis

🫁 Topics Covered:

• Phyllis’s personal health journey—from first symptoms to her life today
• The impact of COPD on her relationships and daily life
• What she wishes she’d known at the start of her diagnosis
• The tools and people that helped her most
• Insightful advice for others living with COPD and chronic lung conditions

💡 Why Listen? Whether you're navigating your own COPD diagnosis, supporting a loved one, or advocating for better care, Phyllis’s story will leave you informed, inspired, and ready to take action. Her warmth, honesty, and determination shine through every word.

🙏 Thank you, Phyllis, for sharing your story and for your unwavering commitment to the COPD community.

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