The Raad Life

Ideas for a Freer Life

Stories, essays, and design inspiration from the crossroads of freedom, reinvention, and Gen X identity. 

Articles

The Midlife Unfiltered

Still Got It: Gen X Turns 60-and We’re Just Getting Started

The New American Dream

Dispatches from Santa Fe and the frontlines of midlife reinvention

From Customer Service to
Creating Dreams

A Journey of Reinvention, Purpose, and Possibility

Energetic Practices to Feel Rad

What Raad Ghantous Reaches For When He Needs to Feel Alive

Objects of Freedom

Let’s face it—sometimes life is throwing us curveballs

Designing a Free Life

How Gen X is reshaping home, work, and wellness on their own terms

Clothes I Wear Now – And
Why They Matter

I grew up in sneakers. As a tomboy and an athlete, I had two pairs of shoes to choose from

The Decade of Doing it
Differently

An Interview with Brian Coakley, Still Making Noise—and Meaning

Off Is The New On

Rediscovering What’s Real in a World That Forgot

Vanishing Point

One man, one helicopter, and the kind of freedom you can’t find on the ground

The Placeholder into the Successful Midlife Career

How we can navigate this liminal space into Successful Midlife Career​

The Wealth of Time

How Gen X Is Reclaiming Purpose Through How They Spend Their Days

If I was anyone else, I would be disappointed!

The following isn’t for everyone, but everyone

When All You Have Is a Hammer

If all you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a 

The Wilderness Within: Africa August 2025

There are journeys you take to see the world.

Salt, Stillness, and Surrender: Baja September 2025

Baja doesn’t care who you are when you …

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