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Relentless prioritization for sustainable success.

The Health-Powered Productivity Podcast helps Human Resources and Learning & Development leaders reduce meeting bloat, lower rework, and boost engagement while protecting their people with healthy guardrails. Overwhelmed managers welcome!

Hosted by Marcey Rader, multi-award-winning global keynote speaker, Certified Speaking Professional®, TEDx speaker, Master Virtual Presenter®, Digital Wellness Educator, and author of Reclaim Your Workday. 

Named a Top 50 Productivity Podcast by Feedspot - every two weeks, you’ll get a 5–25 minute, fast, tactical episode. Mostly solo, with occasional guest features. Practical playbooks you can assign as pre-work for team meetings or apply before your next 1:1.

What we cover: prioritization, focus and attention, meeting effectiveness, remote and hybrid norms, email and chat optimization, task and workflow management, and health-powered habits. No fluff. Outcomes that last.

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

Episodes

113 - Three Before Screens: Guardrails That Protect Your Mornings

Tuesday Oct 28, 2025

Tuesday Oct 28, 2025

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:

#ReclaimYourWorkday #MarceyRader #HealthPoweredProductivity  #ProductivityHacks #BurnoutPrevention #KeynoteSpeaker #TEDxSpeaker #screentime

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112 - Microwave or Crockpot: Pick the Right Method for Smarter Decisions.

Tuesday Oct 14, 2025

Tuesday Oct 14, 2025

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:

#Productivity #MarceyRader #EnergyManagement #TimeManagement #WorkdayDesign #Leadership

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111 - Zombie Hours - Beating the Energy Slump

Tuesday Sep 30, 2025

Tuesday Sep 30, 2025

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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110 - Guardrails for Meaningful Connections: Networking, Friendship & Walkie-Talkies

Tuesday Sep 16, 2025

Tuesday Sep 16, 2025

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:

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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109 - Digital Distractions: Guardrails, Not Willpower

Tuesday Sep 02, 2025

Tuesday Sep 02, 2025

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:

 

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:

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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108 - Training with Ragtime Man

Tuesday Aug 19, 2025

Tuesday Aug 19, 2025

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:
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:

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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107 - Designing Meetings for Neurodivergent Brains Where Everyone Wins

Tuesday Aug 05, 2025

Tuesday Aug 05, 2025

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:

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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106 - Stop Wasting Your Trainings: The Dos & Don’ts for In-Person Learning

Tuesday Jul 22, 2025

Tuesday Jul 22, 2025

Ever wonder why your in-person trainings don't seem to stick? It’s not just the content — it’s the culture in the room.
 
In this episode, Marcey shares real stories and hard-earned lessons from the front of the room on what truly derails trainings and how to Keep them OUT of your training.
You’ll learn:
  • The biggest distractions that sabotage learning
  • Dos & don’ts for leaders and participants
  • Why blocking time to implement is critical
  • How to model presence and engagement
Listen before your next training and turn your investment into real, lasting change.
 
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:

Like, share, and comment below!

Named a Top 50 Productivity Podcast by Feedspot! https://podcast.feedspot.com/productivity_podcasts/

#ReclaimYourWorkday #HealthPoweredProductivity #AI #WorkCulture #ProductivityHacks #BurnoutPrevention #KeynoteSpeaker #TEDxSpeaker

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105 - 12 Years, 12 Scars: Lessons EARNED, Not Learned

Wednesday Jul 16, 2025

Wednesday Jul 16, 2025

Marcey is back on the mic after a short break. When six people in one week tell you to relaunch, you listen.
 
This episode drops on her 12th business anniversary. She’s sharing 12 lessons earned (not just learned), smartest decisions, and big wins that shaped her life and business.
From going LinkedIn-only to dropping the revenue chase, these insights will help you rethink what growth and success really mean, beyond the vanity metrics and endless hustle.
 

Key Takeaways

• You don’t need to be everywhere online — LinkedIn-only can win big.
• Ask the people who failed before you launch anything big.
• "Slow to hire, quick to fire" — but don’t swing too far the other way.
• Trust first when building your core team.
• Running a business can be lonely — find your circle.
• Hire for character first, skills second (train the rest).
• Bring in experts who know more than you (and listen to them).
• Masterminds aren’t optional; they’re survival kits.
• Invest in a virtual studio or setup that levels up your presence.
• Let go of the "stable salary" story — design work your way.
• You don’t need to chase revenue every year; define success on your terms.
• Lifestyle and happiness > constant growth at all costs.
 
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:

 Like, share, and comment below!

Named a Top 50 Productivity Podcast by Feedspot! https://podcast.feedspot.com/productivity_podcasts/

#ReclaimYourWorkday #HealthPoweredProductivity #AI #WorkCulture #ProductivityHacks #BurnoutPrevention #KeynoteSpeaker #TEDxSpeaker

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104 - Navigating The Return To Office - The Future of Work - What's Next?

Tuesday Apr 15, 2025

Tuesday Apr 15, 2025

Work is evolving—and fast. From AI-driven productivity tools to four-day workweeks, businesses, and employees must adapt or get left behind.
In this final episode of our four-part series, Marcey Rader breaks down the biggest trends shaping the future of work and what you can do to stay ahead.

Key Takeaways:

✅ AI & automation—How to use it wisely (and avoid the "Botox effect")
✅ Hybrid & remote work—Why flexibility is now the expectation, not the exception
✅ Four-day workweek—Which countries & companies are already seeing success?
✅ Outcome-based work—Measuring results over hours worked
✅ How to future-proof your career—Developing skills AI can’t replace

Resources Mentioned:

Reclaim Your Workday: Sustainable Productivity Strategies for the New World of Work – www.reclaimyourworkday.com
Episode 41 - Why Companies Will Never Get Out of Email Hell https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/41-why-companies-will-never-get-out-of-email-hell/id1569968080?i=1000550538419
Meeting Overload: How to Shorten Meetings and Increase Productivity Using Video Software - https://www.helloraderco.com/shorten-meetings/
 
Countries with a 4-Day Workweek in 2024 https://tech.co/news/countries-with-four-day-workweeks?
Japan's radical 4-day week experiment to stop 'crisis' - https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/japans-radical-4day-week-experiment-to-stop-crisis/news-story/7d24562580fd3360f7eac9a7815d53ec?
Less stress, more energy: What four-day weeks are really like - https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/britain-four-day-work-week-labour-75jv00ql7
 
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:
 

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