125 - You Don’t Struggle With Reading. You've Been Told How To Read Wrong

Reading doesn’t fail people with ADHD. Bad design does. In this episode of the Health-Powered Productivity™ Podcast, Marcey Rader dismantles the idea that reading requires stillness, discipline, or long, uninterrupted blocks of time. Instead, she shows how to design a reading habit that works with an ADHD brain, not against it. Why it Matters Shame kills consistency. Most reading advice assumes a neurotypical brain. Reading is an input system. Systems can be redesigned. What You’ll Learn Why shrinking the entry point makes reading sustainable Pages vs. minutes and which one actually builds focus and why to try both ways How movement improves attention while reading Why you don’t need to finish books for them to be valuable A simple 10-minute ADHD-friendly reading ritual Mentioned Work Well. Play More! Productive, Clutter-Free, Healthy Living - One Step at a Time www.workwellplaymore.com Reclaim Your Workday: Sustainable Productivity Habits for the New World of Work www.reclaimyourworkday.com Episode 107: Designing Meetings for Neurodivergent Brains Where Everyone Wins https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/107-designing-meetings-for-neurodivergent-brains-where/id1569968080?i=1000720699698 Episode 114: Attention Anchor: The Environment Set-Up for Better Focus https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/114-attention-anchor-part-1-the-environment-set-up/id1569968080?i=1000736403311 Episode 115: Attention Anchor: The Mindset Ritual That Makes Work Stick https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/115-attention-anchor-part-2-the-mindset-ritual-that/id1569968080?i=1000737227395 Episode 116: Attention Anchor: The Energy Flip For Focus in Under Five Minutes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/116-attention-anchor-part-3-energy-flip-on-focus-in/id1569968080?i=1000739264847   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 #ADHDhacks #BurnoutPrevention #KeynoteSpeaker #ADHD #Prioritization