The Gene That Changed the Question: Heather Moday on Brain Power, Burnout, and Midlife Strategy | #YANIA50² | Ep 104

After discovering she carries the APOE4 gene, Dr Heather Moday re-examined everything she understood about burnout and brain health.The result was not fear — but strategy. Full DescriptionDr Heather Moday is an Integrative and Functional Medicine Physician specialising in midlife women’s health, cognitive resilience, and dementia prevention.For more than 25 years, she worked at the intersection of inflammation, metabolic health, and stress physiology. She treated patients navigating fatigue, chronic stress, and burnout.Then the focus turned inward.She discovered she carries APOE4 — a genetic variant associated with increased Alzheimer’s risk.At the same time, she recognised the cognitive effects of sustained professional load: reduced mental stamina, sleep disruption, inflammatory stress, the quiet neurological drag that often gets labelled “just midlife.”Rather than interpret genetic risk or burnout as inevitability, she treated both as signals.She deepened her work in metabolic regulation, inflammation control, hormonal recalibration, toxin exposure, sleep architecture, and nervous system repair. She trained in the RECODE Protocol with Dr Dale Bredesen, studying structured, multi-factorial dementia prevention grounded in measurable change.Today, Dr Moday works with midlife professionals who feel mentally “off” but remain high functioning. With her work ranging from nervous system regulation to providing personalised prevention frameworks grounded in functional medicine, Dr Moday helps women who recognise that burnout, stress, and brain health are connected, and want a strategy rather than reassurance.In this episode, we explore the burnout nobody talks about in medicine, what actually keeps you alive (hint: it’s not fish oil), and building a life instead of just managing a career.  🎧 The Gene That Changed the Question: Heather Modayon Brain Power, Burnout, and Midlife Strategy | #YANIA50² | Ep 104Now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen 💬 Connect with Dr Heather Moday⬢ Instagram: @doctormoday⬡ Website: https://drmoday.com/▣ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heathermodaymd/ 🔗 Stay Connected with You Are Not Invisible After 50⬢ Instagram: @youarenotinvisibleafter50⬡ Website:  https://www.youarenotinvisibleafter50.com◈ TikTok:   https://www.tiktok.com/@yania50official▷YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@youarenotinvisibleafter50 ☑️ Stay to the end — you’ll hear what you’ve been dismissing.☑️ Save it — sharp thinking compounds.☑️ Follow the podcast — visibility keeps women from quietly fading.☑️ Leave a rating or one clean sentence in review —it helps another woman find it.☑️ Share it with someone navigating burnout quietly. This is You Are Not Invisible After 50.I’m glad you found us.💗— Kiran KumarFounder & Host  #YANIA50 #YouAreNotInvisibleAfter50 #YouAreNotInvisibleAfter50Podcast #YANIA50Podcast #DrHeatherModay #MidlifeAuthority #BrainHealth #BurnoutTruth #WomenOver50 #MidlifeAwakening #NeverTooLate #PodcastDiscovery #SpotifyPodcast #MustListenPodcast #ThisOneStayedWithMe #SaveThisForWhenYouNeedIt #SendThisToHer #ForTheWomanStartingOver #MidlifeIsAuthority #VisibilityAfter50 #LivedExperience #IAmKiranKumar13