Mentorship Supported by the Australian Government Boosting Female Founders Initiative
Congratulate us! Soula Mantalvanos, Founder of PainTrain My Health Summary, has been awarded expert mentoring with Buzz Web Media and Women With Wit’s – Lee Ussher under the Australian Government’s Boosting Female Founders Initiative (BFFI). The BFFI Australian Government initiative aimed to help female entrepreneurs overcome the disadvantages faced in getting access to finance and support to grow their startups. In addition to grants between $25,000 and $480,000, the program also offered expert mentoring and advice to meritorious applicants – Soula was one of these meritorious applicants. Lee is mentoring Soula on the transitioning identity of PainTrain My Health Summary to My Health Story, and together they will work towards the launch of [...]
Rebrand Announcement: My Health Story
The PainTrain My Health Summary team is thrilled to announce they will be rebranding to My Health Story. Keep reading because there are more announcements about the new website as well as a subscription offer of a lifetime... The consumer survey distributed to PainTrain MHS Advisory members, subscribers, and followers formed a clear decision to rename the health summarising resource to My Health Story. At close second was My Health History. In addition, the survey results indicated the much-needed requirement for an App version of the resource and more functionality for Affiliates and subscribers seeking more straightforward ways to access and include health information from their GPs. The development work has begun behind the scenes, and a new website is forming – we'll keep you up to date! BUT we also need a little support if we're going to make it to the blaring request for a My Health Story App. We've got an offer of a lifetime. Keep reading! (Can't wait to hear our offer of a lifetime? Bursting to support us? Then hit it!)
Digital Storytelling for Health-Related Outcomes in Older Adults: Systematic Review
Digital storytelling is an emerging tool for sharing and recording lived experiences and may have the potential to support well-being but is yet to be systematically reviewed for use among older adults.
Reflections About Pain
The brain does not have to make a “decision” as to how we should perceive the sound. But whether we interpret that loud sound as thunder, a car backfiring, a cannon firing, or as a bomb exploding is a matter of perception. We can always check and find out whether our interpretation is correct. Thus, we may be mistaken about the cause of activation of the auditory (“hearing”) apparatus but, to reiterate, we cannot be mistaken about the experience of having heard the sound. This sensation is “given” to us. The same can be said of pain. We are not mistaken when we experience pain. But we may come up with a number of different interpretations of the experience.
2021 Done, Dusted… and Destined
There's a lot not to like about 2021, but the team at PainTrain MHS are focused on progress, growth and living and learning. That means we look at the takeaways of experiences past to direct us on the way forward. There is much to look forward to – expectations of better healthcare are high. That's very much due to the recent announcement that Telehealth is here to stay. Of course, every person living with a chronic illness or disability could have asserted Telehealth's importance on healthcare – it should not have taken a pandemic to get us here. But we are here now, so [...]
Presenting My Pain Management Story and Vision at the Murray City Coast Country GP Training
(Original post by Soula Mantalvanos for pudendalnerve.com.au) It was wonderful sharing my story and vision at the Murray City Coast Country GP Training. AND especially presenting on a stage and in actual physical life to 50 general practitioners (GPs) who were keen to learn about chronic pain. I've now participated in a few of the Murray City Coast Country (MCCC) GP Training sessions with the fabulous Dr Paul Grinzi (boy, does he get it!). It's a positive experience for so many reasons. Firstly, the patient experience incorporated into GP training is great for obvious reasons as nothing beats learning from the lived experience. But I feel [...]
