Breathe This / Guest conversation
A conversation with Amanda Finley
A conversation about living with Long COVID, building community, and turning lived experience into sustained advocacy.
About Amanda Finley
Amanda Finley is a Long COVID survivor and advocate. A former archaeologist and opera singer, she found a new public voice through the COVID-19 Long Haulers Discussion Group, a large peer community created to connect people navigating persistent symptoms and a rapidly changing evidence base.
What we discuss
- The lived reality of Long COVID and changing capacity
- Why peer communities became essential early in the pandemic
- How patient experience can inform research and public policy
- What meaningful recognition and support can look like
This episode is presented for public education. Views expressed by guests are their own. YouTube provides closed captions for the video.

