Know what matters for your cognitive health, and put it into practice.
Understand what to do and why it matters, then build those changes into your life over six months, with someone beside you the whole way.
30-minute conversation · Online across Australia
Functional Medicine Certified Coach
Bredesen ReCODE 2.0 Certified Coach
Works alongside your GP
CNS Vital Signs cognitive baseline
Who is it for
You might be here because
Dementia in your family
A family history has made you think about your own future and what you can do now.
APOE4 gene
You want to understand where APOE4 fits in the wider picture and what you can influence.
Slower thinking
Your mind feels a little less quick than it used to, and you want practical ways to support it.
Being proactive
You want to prioritise your cognitive health to help it support your life now and the years ahead.
How I help
Someone to navigate it with you
There is a long list of things you could do for your cognitive health. The harder part is knowing what deserves your attention, what can wait and where to begin.
You might be new to this, or you might already have changes underway and want expert support to see what else could help. I meet you where you are.
We look across the wider picture together, including lifestyle, environmental factors and the genetic context that shapes what is relevant for you.
Over six months, you have dedicated time and support focused on you. No library of videos or endless documents to work through. Just calm, practical support to put your priorities into practice and build skills you can keep using.
How the program worksQuestions we work through together
What is relevant to my situation?
What am I aiming for?
Where should I begin?
What can wait?
How do I make changes that fit my week?
What the evidence shows
Genes are only part of the picture
APOE4, other genetic variants and family history can influence cognitive health, but they do not determine the future.
Lifestyle, health and environmental factors also matter, including how you eat, sleep, move, stay mentally and socially active, manage stress and reduce relevant exposures. These factors interact, which is why the focus is on the wider picture rather than any one change in isolation.
Lancet Commission · 2024
Modifiable risk factors
The Lancet Commission estimates that addressing 14 potentially modifiable risk factors could prevent or delay around 45% of dementia cases at a population level.
Read the Lancet Commission report
US POINTER Trial · 2025
Structured support
The US POINTER trial found greater improvement in overall cognition in the structured program than in the self-guided program, for APOE4 carriers and non-carriers alike.
Read the US POINTER study
The evidence above reflects findings at a group or population level. Individual outcomes vary and cannot be predicted or guaranteed.
What it's for
Your life now, and the years ahead
The outcome
Clear priorities, realistic changes that fit everyday life, and the understanding to keep going.
The changes that last are the ones that fit your life.
The bigger why
To support the life you want to live — staying engaged in your work, interests, relationships and adventures.
Now, and in the years ahead.
About
Meet Rachel
My grandmother lived with Alzheimer’s disease. In my forties, I noticed changes in my own thinking, and that was when I began focusing on my cognitive health. I later learnt that I carry one copy of APOE4, a common genetic variant associated with increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
Over time, I changed what I eat, how I sleep and move, my environment and my everyday routines. Those changes are now part of how I live.
I do this work because I know how hard it can be to work out what is relevant, what to focus on and how to turn it into something you actually do. What began as a personal search became a deep interest, and eventually my work. You do not have to work it out on your own.
Rachel Puncheon · BSc (Hons) Medical Microbiology · Functional Medicine Certified Coach · Bredesen ReCODE 2.0 Certified Coach · 25 years in corporate risk and frameworks
More about RachelFree call
Talk it through
Share as much or as little as you like about what brings you here, and ask any questions you have. I’ll explain how the program works, and we can decide together whether it is the right fit. There is no obligation.
30-minute video call · Online across Australia
