Improving your financial wellbeing is paramount to financial freedom. Times are tough, Kiwi’s focus is on their bank accounts, and the media is churning out headline after headline, recommending to ‘prepare for a recession’. This kind of scaremongering detracts from...
There have been a few studies lately floating about that discuss the wealth gap and the issues that this is having on our mental health. We know that there is a strong connection between money and mental health; it literally makes the world go round! In New Zealand,...
Almost every New Zealander will experience money troubles at some point in their lives and one in six will be diagnosed with a common mental illness. The two are closely linked – if you have poor financial health, you’re more likely to struggle with mental...
The Kiwi dream of a career in professional sport is not always what it’s hyped up to be; as part of Money Empire’s Money and Mental Health blog series, we had an honest and open chat to Cam Kilgour, previous Assistant Manager of a professional rugby team, about career...
Keeping up with what’s going on in the lives of friends and family is much easier with the advent of social media. But how often have you seen or heard friends post or boast about their new house, their car, their promotion? Even their new, super expensive, designer...