I've written before about the blunt approach medical insurance and the insurance industry as a whole have when it comes to mental health. However, things do change, and some things have a contribution.

One of the areas that I have become significantly more aware of is the plight of those that are non-neurotypical or, better put, neurodiverse. These are possibly new terms for many readers and ones that they know by different names like ADD, ADHD, & ASD.

Mental Health - Not so much the resources but the funding

Since Covid hit we have seen a marked incraes in people's awareness of mental health and the distinct lack of support we have in the general community.

As an adviser, mental health comes up in discussion on a regular basis. Be it working through an existing application, discussing the terms of cover an insurance company has offered or dealing with a claim.

This prompted me to have a closer look at what services are available and what funding and financial support for mental health exists for you, if you need it.

If you are looking for the '13% level of funding in New Zealand' Article, it's moved here due to some changes with our web software, if not, read on ;)

An estimated one in four New Zealanders will at some point suffer from anxiety during their life according to the Mental Health Foundation. As the most commonly diagnosed mental health condition in our country, anxiety is also a condition many people do not seek medical assistance with. Yet excessive anxiety can cause significant disruptions to the life of an individual, making early recognition and treatment essential.

It is that time of year, its fresh and new and the possibilities await!

My question to you is what are you going to do different to ensure you achieve the things you want?

Someone somewhere has said, "To repeat the same thing over and over and expect a different result is the definition of insanity." So what are you going to do to avoid the insanity of repeating the last few years?

A bit of a chunky subject this post.

Lately, there has been more noise around the gay community, particularly around transgender rights. Especially so with the recent shooting, with some horrifying treatment being dealt out to those 'who are not like the rest of us’.

I wrote the bulk of this post in April 2016, well before the mass shooting in the US and off the back of media comments and articles in newspapers, TV news and social media chatter. The tension for the shooting in June was brewing, for no other reason than people are different. Something similar is brewing in the US on the subject of abortions and the rulings of the state and supreme courts there.