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So far Great Oz has created 82 blog entries.

Let’s Be Brave Together

2023-07-20T15:19:05+10:00July 20, 2023|Advocacy, Blog|

A few months ago and just appointed as CEO of Painaustralia, I was chatting to Giulia, who was making time to connect with people living with pain; our next step would be an interview for some media. Instead, I received an awful message.  Giulia is a tough cookie, watch our chat and feel that fire in her! And she’ll be using that fire to put this awful experience to great use – raising funds for So Brave and Painaustralia as she shaves her hair on 31 July. I want us all to get behind her.

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My Health Story Welcomes More Good Days – More Empowerment for Individuals living with Fibromyalgia

2023-06-30T15:01:53+10:00June 30, 2023|Blog, Friends of MHS, Health Management|

My Health Story Welcomes More Good Days – More Empowerment for Individuals living with Fibromyalgia

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Electronic Medical Records – all the rage at the Digital Health Festival

2023-06-09T11:53:23+10:00June 9, 2023|Blog, Health tech, Research|

The Digital Health Festival (DHF) was mega. Australia’s largest digital health transformation event brought together the entire health eco-system (hospitals, primary & allied care, aged care, pharmacy, research and policy).  My Health Story (MHS) Founder Soula Mantalvanos and codirector Theo Mantalvanos enjoyed every minute of connecting, learning, aligning, and plugging MHS to a digital-health-famished audience. Their standout sentiment aligned with each attendee’s shared mission to improve the quality of care.  MHS was in the [...]

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Meet My Health Story at the Digital Health Festival

2023-06-03T12:08:49+10:00June 3, 2023|Blog|

The Digital Health Festival is Australia’s largest digital health transformation event. The Digital Health Festival brings together Australia’s entire health eco-system, including hospitals, primary & allied care, aged care, pharmacy, research and policy. As an aspiring new health tech innovator, My Health Story is keen to mingle with healthcare professionals, organisations, services and groups specifically interested in tailoring care for people with complex health issues. MHS has made many friends and connections online over the past two years, [...]

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Introducing My Health Story friend, Wise Psychology

2023-04-29T10:44:05+10:00April 24, 2023|Affiliate, Blog, Using My Health Story|

Seeking mental health support when living with an invisible illness is essential to the care and well-being process. Finding high-quality and accessible mental health support tailored to your needs can be difficult. Wise Psychology, My Health Story’s (MHS) latest friend, could be your answer to this problem! Chronic illness has a substantial psychological and emotional component, including stress, anxiety, guilt, grief, shame, and depression. People living with invisible chronic conditions can be left feeling their illness is ‘all [...]

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Soula’s Recent Chat with Painaustralia’s new CEO, Giulia Jones

2023-07-30T14:46:00+10:00April 11, 2023|Advocacy, Blog, Media|

Recently, Soula Mantalvanos had the opportunity to speak with Giulia Jones, the new CEO of Painaustralia. Giulia and Soula had a lengthy conversation covering the frustrations of living with chronic pain – the main issues being its invisible nature, access to treatments, and its impact on communities across Australia (worldwide, actually). Despite the seriousness of their discussion, they still managed to share a few laughs – Giulia is easy to speak with and wonderfully straightforward!

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A Beginners Guide to Chronic Pain: Causes, Types, Diagnosis and Treatments

2023-03-30T14:40:59+11:00March 30, 2023|Blog, Education|

A Beginners Guide to Chronic Pain: Causes, Types, Diagnosis and Treatments. Original blog posted on More GoodDays and written by Mandy Mercuri, PhD Science, Lived Experience Pain Advocate and My Health Story Advisory Member. What is pain? It’s that unpleasant sense that you feel somewhere (and sometimes everywhere) in your body that you probably know TOO well. So we will look at the purpose of pain to answer this question.

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Own Your Health Data

2023-03-30T14:34:37+11:00March 30, 2023|Blog, Health Management, Using My Health Story|

Self-management is hard, chronic illness is overwhelming. Chronic illness robs you of your independence and control, leaving you feeling defeated and mentally and physically drained. Add to the endless appointments required; now, we also have to be considerate of healthcare systems under pressure. Guess who gets the short end of the stick? We pay with our lives. Perhaps healthcare systems were destined to burst their stitches because healthCARE was never built to care for people; it was made to keep people relying on it. That's not care. Can taking more ownership of our health make a difference?

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Women in Business Times News Group Feature

2023-03-05T11:39:38+11:00March 3, 2023|Media, Media Releases|

As featured in Women in Business, International Women’s Day edition of the Bellarine Times. Soula Mantalvanos is an entrepreneur who has dedicated herself to making a difference for people living with chronic illness. This mission stems from her experience after an injury in 2007. Despite visiting multiple health professionals, Soula was misdiagnosed for 4.5 years and left with chronic pain. This personal experience inspired her to create a solution for others facing similar challenges. With her company, OOI [...]

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Jaspen, Your Ally in Chronic Pain

2023-04-26T15:09:42+10:00February 2, 2023|Affiliate, Blog, Health Management|

As My Health Story (MHS) knows, one of the biggest challenges for people living with chronic pain is receiving validation. Finding a diagnosis and, once that occurs, being taken seriously and provided adequate support. MHS is happy to introduce an additional partner within the chronic disease world, Jaspen. Jaspen believe that data can attract the right medical team and access the appropriate care. And data communicated from the hands of its owner can empower people to feel in [...]

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