The Tables We Keep Trying to Reach …
Let’s take a look at one Thursday night during event season. Three invitations. Two overlapping. One across town. You start doing the math. Can you leave dinner early and still make the reception? Who will be there? Will anyone notice if you don’t show? You check
What Kind of Natural Disaster Are You?
A humorous (and honest) look at the weather we bring into each other's lives. There are people who enter your life quietly, settle in comfortably and become part of the scenery. And then there are those who arrive with the kind of force that ought to
Second Canvas: The New Podcast for Determining What Comes Next, A Goldenseal Production
For me, Second Canvas is about what happens when you realize your first chapter does not have to be your last. So many of us spend 20 or 30 years building a career, doing what we are supposed to do, becoming good at our jobs, raising
Turning Up the Heat
A year ago, we launched The Raad Life as something larger than a podcast. It was an invitation to stop treating the next chapter of life as something to manage—and start seeing it as something we still have the freedom to design. Now, the temperature is
RAAD GHANTOUS EARNS 2026 INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR NOMINATION FOR BUILDING A NEW MODEL THAT CONNECTS MEDIA, HOSPITALITY AND EXPERIENCE
Orange County Business Journal nominee is expanding The Raad Life as a connective platform bringing together sports, media, hospitality and live experiences. ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA | September 2026 — For more than two decades, Raad Ghantous has designed hospitality environments. Today, he is applying the same
Retiring “Busy”: A Gen X Case for Freedom Always
Somebody asks how you've been. You don't even think about the answer anymore. It just comes out: "Busy. So busy." That was psychologist Dr. Andy Garrett's confession in the essay this piece is built on, and it's a Gen X reflex if there ever was one.
What Commitment Reveals
Most commitments ask us to do more of what we already know how to do. Work harder. Stay disciplined. Follow the plan. Keep going. There's value in that. But there's another kind of commitment. The kind that takes you beyond what you already know you can do. Where