Introducing My Health Story friend, Wise Psychology
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 in their head’. However, we know that depression, anxiety and stress significantly correlate with chronic illness and additional burdens that no one should face alone. […]
Soula’s Recent Chat with Painaustralia’s new CEO, Giulia Jones
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!
Own Your Health Data
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?
Women in Business Times News Group Feature
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 Creative Communication, Soula founded My Health Story, a platform that allows patients to take an active role in their healthcare. The system is like a health CV [...]
Jaspen, Your Ally in Chronic Pain
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 control and make choices for their individual needs. Doesn’t MHS know it?! Jaspen loves how My Health Story provides an easy-to-use way to keep track of symptoms, [...]
The My Health Story 2022 Survey Outcome Report
The My Health Story (MHS) 2022 Survey Outcome Report was conducted through 2022. The user feedback information was collected from MHS current subscribers, viewers of patient health stories (carers, practitioners, clinicians, etc) and website visitors such as healthcare professionals who have a strong interest in patient empowerment, enhancing care for people living with chronic illness as well as new technologies relating to chronic health. User feedback data was collected from responses to this MHS survey. The MHS 2022 Survey Outcome Report includes three pages: people using MHS to manage their health stories practitioners/clinicians/carers who were invited to view health stories, and additional related user feedback data [...]
