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Melbourne Design Week Program is LIVE: Get Your Tickets to My Health Story’s Q&A Event NOW

2026-04-09T12:05:35+10:00April 9, 2026|Achievements, Advocacy, Blog, Events, Health tech, Media, Media Releases|

Hello! This is a personal post from me, Soula, the founder of My Health Story. I just had to share this incredible news with you directly because it’s truly remarkable not only for me but also for everyone who has contributed to and collaborated with me on creating My Health Story (MHS). After years of building MHS, the online system and app have been selected for Melbourne Design Week, Australia’s biggest design event. And while [...]

Soula Mantalvanos & Dr Susie Gronski talk about male pelvic pain and finding the right treatment

2026-04-06T12:14:46+10:00April 6, 2026|Blog, Friends of MHS, Health Management|

Dr Susie Gronski has been My Health Story's (MHS) Advisor and Friend for several years. Founder of MHS, Soula Mantalvanos, has been closely connected with Dr Susie Gronski since 2017. Recently, Soula looked back at their 2021 pelvic pain chat and realised it was time to organise another catch-up with this incredible therapist. Soula discovered Dr Gronski's incredible resources while seeking information for the advocacy website she founded in 2011, pudendalnerve.com.au, to help people living with pelvic pain. This search [...]

Welcoming MHS Friend, Dustienne Miller & Your Pace Yoga

2026-04-04T15:31:15+11:00April 4, 2026|Blog, Friends of MHS, Health Management|

My Health Story (MHS) founder Soula Mantalvanos and Physical Therapist and Board Certified Women’s Health Clinical Specialist Dustienne Miller go way back. In fact, all the way to 2014, when Soula was desperately seeking a way to return to her yoga practice and discovered Dustienne’s website, Your Pace Yoga. This was also the time when Soula was gathering resources for pudendalnerve.com.au in order to help an expanding global pelvic pain community. The introduction led [...]

My Health Story Friend Welcome to Conscious Living

2026-03-02T14:19:09+11:00March 1, 2026|Blog, Friends of MHS|

My Health Story (MHS) warmly welcomes Conscious Living to its circle of MHS Friends. Conscious Living is a holistic, personalised, and sustainable approach to health rooted in Traditional Āyurvedic Medicine, Homeopathy, and Yoga. We all seek a vibrant state of health, don't we? Using the framework of well-established modalities, practitioner Katerina Nestorovska provides clients with assessment, guidance, education, and tested methods to prevent disease, identify and resolve the root cause of dysfunction, and manage acute and chronic health disturbances. A special discounted fee for MHS Subscribers The information Katerina Nestorovska provides to followers and website subscribers is an insight into good health in itself. But if you would like to delve deeper, Conscious Living offers consultations and short courses, including a 12-week Interactive Journey Through the Principles and Practice of Āyurveda that begins March 18. As a very warm welcome to MHS subscribers, Katerina Nestorovska is generously offering $180 off the course's total price of $540. Use 'MHS' at checkout.

My Health Story, a 2026 Melbourne Design Week Finalist

2026-04-05T10:29:05+10:00January 27, 2026|Blog, Events, Media|

The My Health Story team is thrilled to announce its selection as a Melbourne Design Week finalist and is very excited about the opportunity to present at the national level. Melbourne Design Week (MDW) is an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria and has grown since 2017 to become Australia’s premier design event, supported by the National Gallery of Victoria and the design community, which deliver events as part of the festival. MDW draws [...]

MHS has moved to a dedicated HIPAA-compliant hosting environment with HIPAA Vault

2026-01-15T10:03:45+11:00January 10, 2026|Blog|

My Health Story (MHS) is excited to share a major behind-the-scenes milestone that strengthens our platform’s privacy and security — and lays the foundation for future growth, partnerships, and trust. Over the past few weeks, we’ve successfully been working towards shifting MHS to a dedicated HIPAA-compliant hosting environment with HIPAA Vault — a provider specialising in secure WordPress hosting for healthcare applications. This upgrade reflects our commitment to protecting your sensitive data and keeping MHS at the forefront [...]

Bupa Partnership with MoreGoodDays® – Helping You get Passed Persistent Back Pain

2025-11-28T15:10:09+11:00November 28, 2025|Blog, Education, Health Management|

MoreGoodDays: A science-backed back pain management and recovery program from the comfort of home. Bupa has partnered with My Health Story Friends, MoreGoodDays® to help our eligible customers* with persistent back pain reduce pain, move more freely, and feel more like themselves again. And this is HUGE news because it means members may be eligible to receive the 8-week MoreGoodDays® Program (delivered by MoreGoodDays®) FREE: Up to 8 video or call consultations~ with physiotherapists [...]

The Echenberg Institute for Pelvic & Sexual Pain: Offering a free 30-minute introductory call

2025-11-28T14:39:53+11:00November 28, 2025|Blog, Education, Health Management|

My Health Story Friend, The Echenberg Institute for Pelvic and Sexual Pain is a non-clinical education and advocacy initiative dedicated to making invisible pain visible. And to help My Health Story followers, they are generously offering a free private 30-minute introductory call. Founded by retired gynecologist and telehealth educator, Robert J. Echenberg, MD FACOG (Dr E), The Echenberg Institute for Pelvic and Sexual Pain empowers patients and providers affected by chronic pelvic, genital, and sexual pain through evidence-based [...]

Mandy Mercuri: An Introduction to Pain Reprocessing Therapy and Somatic Tracking

2025-11-28T14:13:07+11:00November 28, 2025|Blog, Friends of MHS, Health Management|

Guest blog by Mandy Mercuri Mindfulness & Pain Recovery Coach & My Health Story Advisory Member If you’re living with ongoing musculoskeletal pain, it’s completely understandable to feel frustrated, confused, or even hopeless at times. Many of us spend years being told to “manage” pain rather than understanding the root cause of why it’s happening or how to help it change. The good news? Pain can change. And today, I’d love to introduce [...]

Literacy For Life’s Geelong Health Festival 2025, a huge success

2025-11-02T12:58:32+11:00November 2, 2025|Blog, Education, Events|

Literacy For Life’s Health Festivals aim to create spaces where everyone feels welcome — no matter age, background, or experience. Whether it’s through expert talks, hands-on workshops, cooking demos, fitness sessions, or creative activities, the events are designed to make health approachable and engaging – and the Geelong Health Festival did exactly that. Whether you wanted to learn about fertility, fitness, chronic pain, physiotherapy or find helpful products to help you manage your health [...]

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