Health-Powered Productivity with RaderCo

By Marcey Rader/RaderCo

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December 02, 2025116 - Attention Anchor: Energy - Flip on Focus in Under Five Minutes
In part three of the Attention Anchor series, Marcey Rader shows how to fuel focus fast with movement snacks, breathwork, smart fueling, and scheduling your hardest tasks to your peak-energy windows.

Why it matters:
Acute movement boosts attention and executive function—even after one short bout. sciencedirect.com
Breath with longer exhales calms your nervous system and counters screen apnea. lindastone.net+1
Hydration and caffeine timing directly influence today’s focus and tonight’s sleep. PMC+1
Matching work to chronotype improves output without working longer. PMC
What you’ll learn:
Movement snacks that flip on focus (and the ADHD-friendly science behind them) PubMed
Three fast breathing protocols, including the physiologic sigh PubMed
A simple hydration + snack checklist for steady energy PMC
How to schedule deep work to your timing sweet spot PMC

Sustainable performance beats burnout every time. On the Health-Powered Productivity Podcast, host Marcey Rader, Certified Speaking Professional®, TEDx speaker, and author of Reclaim Your Workday, helps you simplify to amplify. Each episode gives you practical tools for relentless prioritization, focus and attention management, meeting effectiveness, email and chat optimization, and task and workflow management. Healthy guardrails. Zero fluff. From RaderCo, a high-performance consulting company.

Proud to be named a Top 50 Productivity Podcast on Feedspot. Subscribe and share this episode with a teammate.

Connect with Marcey:
Consulting, Training, and Coaching: www.helloraderco.com
Keynote Speaking: www.marceyrader.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marceyrader
Book: Reclaim Your Workday www.reclaimyourworkday.com
Weekender Snapshot Tipsletter: https://radergoodies.com/profile
#ReclaimYourWorkday #MarceyRader #HealthPoweredProductivity #ProductivityHacks #BurnoutPrevention #KeynoteSpeaker #TEDxSpeaker #HealthyHabits
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18min
November 18, 2025115 - Attention Anchor Part 2: The Mindset Ritual That Makes Work Stick
Attention Anchor, Part 2: Mindset

In part two of the Attention Anchor series, high-performance consultant Marcey Rader teaches a simple, repeatable ritual to flip your brain into deep work mode. Mindset isn’t magic. It’s a few practical anchors you can run on command.

Why it matters:
Multitasking feels productive and drains performance.
A repeatable pre-work ritual reduces decision fatigue.
Guardrails beat willpower when distractions spike.
Breaks fuel output without burnout.
What you’ll learn:
How to pick the one thing and write it as a commitment sentence
How to “seal the channels” with Work Offline, Inbox Pause, and DND
How to use visual timers for 40–90 minute deep-work blocks
What to do with random thoughts so you don’t derail
Tools mentioned:
Time-Timer visual countdown timer
Outlook Work Offline, Gmail Inbox Pause (Boomerang) - https://www.boomeranggmail.com/referral_download.html?ref=2aj8s (AF)

Try the ritual once per day for five workdays. Share this episode with a teammate who’s stuck in “rush hour” focus.

Sustainable performance beats burnout every time. On the Health-Powered Productivity Podcast, host Marcey Rader, Certified Speaking Professional®, TEDx speaker, and author of Reclaim Your Workday, helps you simplify to amplify. Each episode gives you practical tools for relentless prioritization, focus and attention management, meeting effectiveness, email and chat optimization, and task and workflow management. Healthy guardrails. Zero fluff. From RaderCo, a high-performance consulting company.

Proud to be named a Top 50 Productivity Podcast on Feedspot. Subscribe and share this episode with a teammate.

Connect with Marcey:
Consulting, Training, and Coaching: www.helloraderco.com
Keynote Speaking: www.marceyrader.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marceyrader
Book: Reclaim Your Workday www.reclaimyourworkday.com
Weekender Snapshot Tipsletter: https://radergoodies.com/profile
#ReclaimYourWorkday #MarceyRader #HealthPoweredProductivity #ProductivityHacks #BurnoutPrevention #KeynoteSpeaker #TEDxSpeaker #HealthyWorkHabits
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20min
November 12, 2025114 - Attention Anchor Part 1: The Environment Set-Up for Better Focus
Your output follows your environment. In Part 1 of a three-part series on Attention Anchors, Marcey Rader shows you how to engineer a space that cuts distraction, reduces errors, and speeds up the work you care about.

Why it matters:
Context cues your brain. Change the room, change the results.
Open offices and constant notifications sabotage focus.
Simple guardrails beat willpower.
What you’ll learn:
How to match the room to the task using the cathedral effect.
Why your phone should be out of sight during sprints.
Practical systems: DND with end times, Work Offline, Inbox Pause.
When open offices help and when they hurt.
Focus totems that your team will actually respect.
References:
Meyers-Levy & Zhu (2007) on ceiling height and thinking style. Csom Assets
Ward et al. (2017) “Brain Drain” smartphone presence research. Chicago Journals
Bernstein & Turban (2018) open workspace study. Royal Society Publishing
Microsoft Support: Work Offline in Outlook. Microsoft Support
Boomerang: Inbox Pause for Gmail/Outlook. https://www.boomeranggmail.com/referral_download.html?ref=2aj8s
Hashtags
#AttentionAnchors #DeepWork #FocusAtWork #Productivity #RaderCo

Sustainable performance beats burnout every time. On the Health-Powered Productivity Podcast, host Marcey Rader, Certified Speaking Professional®, TEDx speaker, and author of Reclaim Your Workday, helps you simplify to amplify. Each episode gives you practical tools for relentless prioritization, focus and attention management, meeting effectiveness, email and chat optimization, and task and workflow management. Healthy guardrails. Zero fluff. From RaderCo, a high-performance consulting company.

Proud to be named a Top 50 Productivity Podcast on Feedspot! Subscribe and share this episode with a teammate.

Connect with Marcey:
Consulting, Training, and Coaching: www.helloraderco.com
Keynote Speaking: www.marceyrader.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marceyrader
Book: Reclaim Your Workday www.reclaimyourworkday.com
Weekender Snapshot Tipsletter: https://radergoodies.com/profile
#ReclaimYourWorkday #MarceyRader #HealthPoweredProductivity #ProductivityHacks #BurnoutPrevention #KeynoteSpeaker #TEDxSpeaker #ScreenTimeManagement
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29min
October 28, 2025113 - Three Before Screens: Guardrails That Protect Your Mornings
Marcey Rader lays out a simple morning guardrail: do three things for yourself before touching a screen. Why it works, what to pick, and the science behind light, breath, gratitude, touch, and inbox timing.

What you'll learn:
Why a three-item morning ritual beats reactive scrolling
The science behind light, breathwork, gratitude, and micro-movement
How to stop starting your day on other people’s agenda
Ways to manage sleep data without letting it run you
A menu of quick, repeatable options to build your three

Resource mentioned:
Powered Path Playbook - www.helloraderco.com
Crossrope Jump Rope app - www.crossrope.com
Oura Ring - www.oura.com

References • Negative morning news and bad-day risk. Gielan and Achor, Harvard Business Review, 2015. Check email less and stress less. Kushlev and Dunn, Computers in Human Behavior, 2015. Mark et al., CHI 2012 work-without-email. • Working memory capacity around three to five chunks. Cowan, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2001. • Morning light improves sleep and circadian alignment. He et al., 2023; Crowley et al., 2014. • Gratitude RCTs and meta-analysis. Emmons and McCullough, 2003; Diniz et al., 2023. • Five-minute breathwork RCT. Balban et al., 2023. • Foam rolling and ROM/soreness. Wiewelhove et al., 2019; Skinner et al., 2020; Konrad et al., 2022. • Affectionate touch and cortisol. Berretz et al., 2022; Dreisoerner et al., 2021. • Orthosomnia term and guidance. Baron et al., Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2017. • In-bed screens and insomnia risk in students. Hjetland et al., Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2025 overview of 45,000 students.

Sustainable performance beats burnout every time. On the Health-Powered Productivity Podcast, host Marcey Rader, Certified Speaking Professional®, TEDx speaker, and author of Reclaim Your Workday, helps you simplify to amplify. Each episode gives you practical tools for relentless prioritization, focus and attention management, meeting effectiveness, email and chat optimization, task and workflow management, and strengths-based leadership. Healthy guardrails. Zero fluff. From RaderCo, a high-performance consulting company. Proud to be named a Top 50 Productivity Podcast on Feedspot. Subscribe and share this episode with a teammate.

Connect with Marcey:
Consulting, Training, and Coaching: www.helloraderco.com
Keynote Speaking: www.marceyrader.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marceyrader
Book: Reclaim Your Workdaywww.reclaimyourworkday.com
Weekender Snapshot Tipsletter: https://radergoodies.com/profile
#ReclaimYourWorkday #MarceyRader #HealthPoweredProductivity #ProductivityHacks #BurnoutPrevention #KeynoteSpeaker #TEDxSpeaker #screentime
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19min
October 14, 2025112 - Microwave or Crockpot: Pick the Right Method for Smarter Decisions.
Are You a Microwave or a Crockpot? Pick the right method for smarter decisions.

In this episode, Marcey breaks down two decision-making styles —the microwave and the crockpot —and shows when each approach wins. Learn the guardrails that keep momentum without rework and quality without missed windows.
What you’ll learn:
• Clear definitions of microwave vs crockpot decision styles
• When speed creates opportunity and when stew time saves you
• Guardrails: Cooldown Rule, Simmer Timer, Three-Option Limit, Red Team Lite, Two Checkboxes, and pre-mortems
• Meeting designs that serve both introverts and extroverts
• Home agreements to reduce friction with your opposite style

Referenced in this episode:
• Powered Path goal achievement program

#HealthPoweredProductivity #DecisionMaking #Leadership #Productivity #TeamCulture

Sustainable performance beats burnout every time. On the Health-Powered Productivity Podcast, host Marcey Rader, Certified Speaking Professional®, TEDx speaker, and author of Reclaim Your Workday, helps you simplify to amplify. Each episode gives you practical tools for relentless prioritization, focus and attention management, meeting effectiveness, email and chat optimization, task and workflow management, and strengths-based leadership. Healthy guardrails. Zero fluff. From RaderCo, a high-performance consulting company. Proud to be named a Top 50 Productivity Podcast on Feedspot. Subscribe and share this episode with a teammate.

Connect with Marcey:
Consulting, Training, and Coaching: www.helloraderco.com
Keynote Speaking: www.marceyrader.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marceyrader
Book: Reclaim Your Workdaywww.reclaimyourworkday.com
Weekender Snapshot Tipsletter: https://radergoodies.com/profile
#Productivity #MarceyRader #EnergyManagement #TimeManagement #WorkdayDesign #Leadership
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24min
September 30, 2025111 - Zombie Hours - Beating the Energy Slump
Your daily energy slump is not broken time. It can be meaningful! In this episode, Marcey show's you how to spot your lowest-energy window, stock it with the right tasks, and run a simple cadence that delivers progress without the crash.
What you’ll learn
How to find your Plummet (Zombie) Window in 3 days
A Zombie Menu of tasks you can use today
The 20-5-20 cadence to finish work without draining Magic Time
Guardrails that prevent overreach and decision fatigue
A two-minute close that sets up tomorrow’s Top Three

Sustainable performance beats burnout every time. On the Health-Powered Productivity Podcast, host Marcey Rader, Certified Speaking Professional®, TEDx speaker, and author of Reclaim Your Workday, helps you simplify to amplify. Each episode gives you practical tools for relentless prioritization, focus and attention management, meeting effectiveness, email and chat optimization, task and workflow management, and strengths-based leadership. Healthy guardrails. Zero fluff. From RaderCo, a high-performance consulting company. Proud to be named a Top 50 Productivity Podcast on Feedspot. Subscribe and share this episode with a teammate.

Connect with Marcey:
Consulting, Training, and Coaching: helloraderco.com
Keynote Speaking: marceyrader.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marceyrader
Book: Reclaim Your Workday — reclaimyourworkday.com
Weekender Snapshot Tipsletter: radergoodies.com/profile

#Productivity #EnergyManagement #TimeManagement #WorkdayDesign #Leadership
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11min
September 16, 2025110 - Guardrails for Meaningful Connections: Networking, Friendship & Walkie-Talkies
Why do connections matter? For your career, your health, and even your creativity. In this episode, Marcey unpacks:
Why up to 85% of jobs are filled through networking—and why most employees don’t nurture their networks until it’s too late
How strong social ties increase longevity, protect against depression, and even rival quitting smoking in health impact
Why walking meetings boost creativity by over 80% and strengthen social bonds
Guardrails she uses to balance friendships, networking, and privacy—like phone/Zoom first, scheduling before you leave, and recurring “walkie-talkies”
Marcey Rader is a keynote speaker, productivity consultant, and author at RaderCo, where focus, boundaries, and well-being aren’t buzzwords — they’re the way to work. A Certified Speaking Professional® and TEDx speaker, Marcey helps well-intentioned individuals and companies discover what truly matters, empowering them to create a life, job, and organization they love. Her latest book, Reclaim Your Workday, delivers sustainable strategies for the modern workforce. Onstage, in coaching, or online, Marcey’s mix of humor and hard truth sparks real change — and habits that stick.

Connect with Marcey:
Consulting, Training, and Coaching: www.helloraderco.com
Keynote Speaking: www.marceyrader.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marceyrader
Book: Reclaim Your Workdaywww.reclaimyourworkday.com
Weekender Snapshot Tipsletter: https://radergoodies.com/profile
Like, share, and comment below!
Named a Top 50 Productivity Podcast by Feedspot!
#ReclaimYourWorkday #MarceyRader #HealthPoweredProductivity #WorkCulture #ProductivityHacks #BurnoutPrevention #KeynoteSpeaker #TEDxSpeaker #Funny
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16min
September 02, 2025109 - Digital Distractions: Guardrails, Not Willpower
The average person scrolls 2.5 hours a day and picks up their phone around 150 times. In this episode, I explain how I cut down my screen time to intentional use without relying on superhuman discipline.

What you’ll learn:
• Why I’ve been LinkedIn-only since 2019 (and no apps on my phone)
• My “Follow 50” rule to curate a useful, clutter-free feed
• How I design my environment to discourage scrolling (standing desk, no social apps, Unhook for YouTube)
• Why I only subscribe to five podcasts at a time and use Downcast instead of Spotify or Apple
• How I use “Send Later” texts to avoid mid-day interruptions
• Why I pay to remove ads (hint: they’re engineered to hijack your time and money)
• The Freedom app for blocking websites and devices
• The ClearSpace app to pause before opening social media
• My personal screen time and most-used apps: Crossrope, Obé, MyFitnessPal, Libby, Waze, Downcast, Voxer

References:
Unhook for YouTube https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid
ClearSpace https://www.getclearspace.com/
Freedom www.freedom.to
Downcast https://www.downcastapp.com/

Want to help your team or conference attendees defeat digital distractions? Check out our Elevate Your Focus keynote! www.marceyrader.com/topics-focus

Marcey Rader is a keynote speaker, productivity consultant, and author at RaderCo, where focus, boundaries, and well-being aren’t buzzwords — they’re the way to work. A Certified Speaking Professional® and TEDx speaker, Marcey helps well-intentioned individuals and companies discover what truly matters, empowering them to create a life, job, and organization they love. Her latest book, Reclaim Your Workday, delivers sustainable strategies for the modern workforce. Onstage, in coaching, or online, Marcey’s mix of humor and hard truth sparks real change — and habits that stick.

Connect with Marcey:
Consulting, Training, and Coaching: www.helloraderco.com
Keynote Speaking: www.marceyrader.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marceyrader
Book: Reclaim Your Workdaywww.reclaimyourworkday.com
Weekender Snapshot Tipsletter: https://radergoodies.com/profile
Like, share, and comment below!
Named a Top 50 Productivity Podcast by Feedspot!
#ReclaimYourWorkday #MarceyRader #HealthPoweredProductivity #WorkCulture #ProductivityHacks #BurnoutPrevention #KeynoteSpeaker #TEDxSpeaker #Funny
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14min
August 19, 2025108 - Training with Ragtime Man
This episode is for anyone who's juggled work, grief, and real life—all at once. It's about showing up, being human, and how people often surprise us with grace.
What you’ll hear:
The unpaid gig that came with a penalty clause
Why Marcey ended up teaching inbox strategies from a nursing home
A surprise concert courtesy of the cafeteria pianist
What happened when she finally told the truth mid-session
The powerful (and heartwarming) reminder that followed

Mentioned:
The book Speechless! featuring 28 real speaker stories - Speechless!: shared by 28 of the World's TOP PROFESSIONAL SPEAKERS https://amzn.to/45bddMY LISA THIS IS AN AFFILATE LINK.
The NSA Foundation: https://nsafoundation.org/
Marcey Rader is a keynote speaker, productivity consultant, and author at RaderCo, where focus, boundaries, and well-being aren’t buzzwords — they’re the way to work. A Certified Speaking Professional® and TEDx speaker, Marcey helps well-intentioned individuals and companies discover what truly matters, empowering them to create a life, job, and organization they love. Her latest book, Reclaim Your Workday, delivers sustainable strategies for the modern workforce. Onstage, in coaching, or online, Marcey’s mix of humor and hard truth sparks real change — and habits that stick.

Connect with Marcey:
Consulting, Training, and Coaching: www.helloraderco.com
Keynote Speaking: www.marceyrader.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marceyrader
Book: Reclaim Your Workdaywww.reclaimyourworkday.com
Weekender Snapshot Tipsletter: https://radergoodies.com/profile
Like, share, and comment below!
Named a Top 50 Productivity Podcast by Feedspot!
#ReclaimYourWorkday #MarceyRader #HealthPoweredProductivity #WorkCulture #ProductivityHacks #BurnoutPrevention #KeynoteSpeaker #TEDxSpeaker #Funny
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9min
August 05, 2025107 - Designing Meetings for Neurodivergent Brains Where Everyone Wins
Video meetings weren’t built for everyone, especially not for neurodivergent minds. In this episode, Marcey walks through simple ways to make meetings more inclusive and effective for individuals with ADHD, on the autism spectrum, and those with sensory processing differences.
You’ll learn how to:
Eliminate visual distractions (including your own face)
Reduce cognitive overload from chat and reactions
Encourage movement and fidgeting without stigma
Shift from spectators to players
Build meetings that actually work for people

Referenced research:
Stanford Zoom fatigue study (Bailenson, 2021)
Zoom Dysmorphia study (Kourosh, 2021)
Mayer & Moreno (2003) on cognitive load

Interested in having Marcey help you Find Your Meeting Mojo? Connect with her at www.helloraderco.com.

Marcey Rader is a keynote speaker, productivity consultant, and author at RaderCo, where focus, boundaries, and well-being aren’t buzzwords — they’re the way to work. A Certified Speaking Professional® and TEDx speaker, Marcey helps well-intentioned individuals and companies discover what truly matters, empowering them to create a life, job, and organization they love. Her latest book, Reclaim Your Workday, delivers sustainable strategies for the modern workforce. Onstage, in coaching, or online, Marcey’s mix of humor and hard truth sparks real change — and habits that stick.

Connect with Marcey:
Consulting, Training, and Coaching: www.helloraderco.com
Keynote Speaking: www.marceyrader.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marceyrader
Book: Reclaim Your Workdaywww.reclaimyourworkday.com
Weekender Snapshot Tipsletter: https://radergoodies.com/profile
Like, share, and comment below!
Named a Top 50 Productivity Podcast by Feedspot!
#ReclaimYourWorkday #HealthPoweredProductivity #AI #WorkCulture #ProductivityHacks #BurnoutPrevention #KeynoteSpeaker #TEDxSpeaker
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