Breathe Better, Live in Wellness: Winning Your Battle Over Shortness of Breath [Audio CD]

Jane M Martin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2005

This audio book by respiratory therapist and teacher, Jane M. Martin, provides inspiring material for those diagnosed with a chronic lung disease – Emphysema, COPD, Asthma, or other lung disorder. With short but powerful stories by and about people who have been diagnosed, it offers education, support and encouragement. These are the stories and experiences of people like you or your loved one who are successfully using oxygen, stopping smoking, dealing with denial, participating in exercise, and acting as caregivers. There is hope for people with lung disease! Whether you are a patient or a supporter, you will breathe better after listneing this book.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Jane M. Martin is a respiratory therapist and teacher who has worked with pulmonary patients for over twenty years. She founded and currently coordinates the Better Breathers’ Club and the Pulmonary Rehab program at Holland Community Hospital. She has written and spoken extensively on the subject of improving the quality of life for those with pulmonary disease. Originally from the Chicago area, she graduated from Hope College with a degree in education and language arts and went on to receive her respiratory degree as she worked in that field. Jane lives in Holland, Michigan with her husband and children.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Spoken Books Publishing (June 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600310044
• ISBN-13: 978-1600310041
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,788,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Living a fulfilling life with breathing problems., April 24, 2004

By 

"phamil20" (Holland, Mi) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Breathe Better, Live in Wellness: Winning Your Battle Over Shortness of Breath (Paperback)

Breathe Better, Live in Wellness: Winning Your Battle Over Shortness of Breath, by Jane M. Martin is the second edition of her first edition, formerly titled Inspirations: Stories of Breathing Better and Living Well. Breathe Better has been restructured, having a section for each of several lung disorders and life issues, making this book more reader friendly. Jane has also added "billboard" like boxes with definitions, hints, and links corresponding with each specific subject matter. This helps readers quickly find resources so they can research the topics of greatest concern to them.

Good, solid information is always most helpful, but moreover, Breathe Better includes additional stories and even more assurance for those people with breathing problems. Jane's sensitivity and concern for those with COPD and other chronic lung diseases shines forth from cover to cover. Filled with encouragement and hope shared through stories of everyday people coping with pulmonary disease, this book is a must read for not only those experiencing problems, but also for friends and family. I highly recommend this book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Living Day to Day with Lung Disease, June 28, 2005

By 

Marie E. Hadiaris "book sampler" (Muskegon, Michigan) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Breathe Better, Live in Wellness: Winning Your Battle Over Shortness of Breath (Paperback)

I bought the book "Breathe Better, Live in Wellness" a couple of years ago having heard about it from the COPD caregivers listserv. My husband who had COPD and just passed away last October, 2004, and I read the book from cover to cover. It gave us hope that we would be able to deal with this disease. Jane Martin is a wonderful storyteller both in the book and in her presentations. I would highly recommend this book to anyone coping with lung disease as well as their family and friends.

5.0 out of 5 stars LIVING with Chonic Lung Disease, February 13, 2012

By 

Karen Deitemeyer (Kissimmee, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Breathe Better, Live in Wellness: Winning Your Battle Over Shortness of Breath (Paperback)

I wish I had known about Jane Martin's book when I was initially diagnosed with COPD some 10 years ago. I knew nothing about COPD, only that all of a sudden I was being put on nocturnal oxygen, and oxygen for exertion, and meds that I'd never heard of before. I was scared. I had no idea of how I was going to deal with everything.

The book is grouped into sections dealing with various chronic lung diseases, and each chapter within a section is a story of an individual patient's life - how they live with and deal with their lung disease.

As a COPD patient who also has asthma, I gravitated to those two sections first, but then continued to read the sections on Alpha-1, Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary Fibrosis because I wanted to meet the patients who were sharing their stories and how they cope with their chronic lung disease.

The entire book is filled with inspiring life stories from patients who have decided to live the best life possible, in spite of chronic lung disease. I thank them for sharing their stories with Jane!!
I recommend this book for all patients with chronic lung disease and their caregivers and family members