“Sounds Reasonable To Me” is a weekly podcast that explores the ideas and philosophies associated with living a Reasonable life. With your host, C. J. Sand, you will examine and consider the basic beliefs and guidelines that come from his book “Reasonable: A New Way of Being”. Reasonable is a rational, uplifting and egalitarian alternative to atheism.
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Welcome to another episode of “Sounds Reasonable To Me”. This podcast is created and produced by iamreasonable.com, and I’m your host, C. J. Sand. In this week’s episode we’re going to look at the idea of having a private life and what has become of it in a world obsessed with social media, tell all books and reality programs.…
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Welcome to another episode of “Sounds Reasonable To Me”. This podcast is created and produced by iamreasonable.com, and I’m your host, C. J. Sand. In this week’s episode we’re going to start with a quote from John Wooden, the legendary basketball coach at UCLA in the 60’s and 70’s. The quote reads: “Things turn out the best for those who make the b…
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Welcome to another episode of “Sounds Reasonable To Me”. This podcast is created and produced by iamreasonable.com, and I’m your host, C. J. Sand. In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at living a life that is not defined by black and white thinking, but by accepting the different shades of gray we all experience in this life.…
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Welcome to another episode of “Sounds Reasonable To Me”. This podcast is created and produced by iamreasonable.com, and I’m your host, C. J. Sand. In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at success and just what is a proper definition of success in life.By C. J. Sand
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Welcome to another episode of “Sounds Reasonable To Me”. This podcast is created and produced by iamreasonable.com, and I’m your host, C. J. Sand. In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at being needed. We’ll start with a quote from Edith Pargeter, the author most recognizable by her pen name, Ellis Peters. She was the author of the “Bro…
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Welcome to another episode of “Sounds Reasonable To Me”. This podcast is created and produced by iamreasonable.com, and I’m your host, C. J. Sand. In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at how people put up shields to protect themselves from awkward questions, ridicule or possibility of looking ignorant, and what we can do about this.…
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Welcome to another episode of “Sounds Reasonable To Me”. This podcast is created and produced by iamreasonable.com, and I’m your host, C. J. Sand. In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at being the Captain of your own ship.By C. J. Sand
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Welcome to another episode of “Sounds Reasonable To Me”. This podcast is created and produced by iamreasonable.com, and I’m your host, C. J. Sand. In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look becoming a model of your beliefs and valuesBy C. J. Sand
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Welcome to another episode of “Sounds Reasonable To Me”. This podcast is created and produced by iamreasonable.com, and I’m your host, C. J. Sand. In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at how one looks at the world and the people who inhabit that world.By C. J. Sand
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How Monetizing Everything, Kind of Spoils Everything
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at how monetizing everything, kind of spoils everything.By C. J. Sand
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at becoming the best you, you can be.By C. J. Sand
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at dreaming achievable dreams.By C. J. Sand
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Reasonable Guideline #6 - Let go of the pain from the past. Forgive others, but forgive yourself first.
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at Reasonable Guideline #6 - Let go of the pain from the past. Forgive others, but forgive yourself first.By C. J. Sand
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at an interesting technique widely used by salespeople, storytellers, religious leaders and governments. I call it, “The Exception That Makes The Rule”.By C. J. Sand
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Reasonable Guideline #8 - Work and play with the same interest and enthusiasm. Make it difficult for others to see any difference between the two.
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at the eighth Reasonable Guideline: “Work and play with the same interest and enthusiasm. Make it difficult for others to see any difference between the two.”By C. J. Sand
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Reasonable Guideline #2 - Work for balance and harmony in all things. Avoid extremism in any form.
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at the second Reasonable Guideline: “Work for balance and harmony in all things. Avoid extremism in any form.”By C. J. Sand
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Reasonable Guideline #5 - Question everything. Test all things against the facts.
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at the fifth Reasonable Guideline: “Question everything. Test all things against the facts. Be ready to discard even a familiar, traditional or comfortable belief if it does not stand up to the evidence.”By C. J. Sand
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at the story of the Ant and the Grasshopper, and what’s become of it over the years.By C. J. Sand
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at the “Tells”, both in games and in our daily lives.By C. J. Sand
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at trying to tell the truth, and why it can be such a challenge in our daily lives.By C. J. Sand
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at taking the “high road”, and why it has to be so hard in today’s busy world. Has it always been that the “low road”, the critical, the angry, the cruel has always been the path of least resistance? Are we as human being hard-wired to naturally default to laying the blame on others, creating scapeg…
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It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at the importance of what you see in the things you look at. Henry David Thoreau once said that, “It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ” Do you give any thought to what are you’re looking at in your world?By C. J. Sand
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at being “that person” both at work and in the lives of those you love. You know the person I’m talking about. The one who makes everything alright. The one who makes everything work. The one who makes people say “Oh thank goodness, they’re here!” when they walk into a room.…
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In this week’s episode we’re going to explore why non-believers end up being like “Mr. Cellophane” when it comes to life and politics.By C. J. Sand
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Asking The Hard Questions - "What Do You Do For A Living?"
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In this week’s episode we’re going to ask some hard questions while we take a look at what people do for a living, and whether it agrees with their beliefs.By C. J. Sand
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In this episode we will take a look at settling, as it pertains to choosing your way of being.By C. J. Sand
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In this episode we will look at a Zen story about truth and how this relates to living a Reasonable existence.By C. J. Sand
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Reasonable Belief #5 - Reasonable is gender, age, racial, ethnic and sexual orientation neutral.
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In this episode we will finish our look at the five basic beliefs of living a Reasonable life by looking at the fifth Reasonable Belief: Reasonable is gender, age, racial, ethnic and sexual orientation neutral.By C. J. Sand
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Reasonable Belief #4 - The point of life is to be happy. Strive to find your happiness in living a balanced, harmonic, and loving life.
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In our episode this week we will continue our look at the Five Basic Beliefs of living a Reasonable life by looking at Belief #4 “The point of life is to be happy. Strive to find your happiness in living a balanced, harmonic, and loving life.”By C. J. Sand
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Reasonable Belief #3 - Being reasonable consists of the right to do whatever does not infringe on the rights of others.
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In this episode we’re going to continue our look at the five Basic Beliefs of living a Reasonable life by looking at the third belief “Being reasonable consists of the right to do whatever does not infringe on the rights of others: thus, exercise of these rights has no limits other than those which secure to other members of society enjoyment of th…
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Reasonable Belief #2 - Treat yourself and the world you live in as you would like to be treated, with love, generosity, honesty and respect.
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In this episode we're going to continue taking a look at the Reasonable Beliefs that lead to living a Reasonable life. The second belief is "Treat yourself and the world you live in as you would like to be treated, with love, generosity, honesty and respect."By C. J. Sand
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Reasonable Belief #1 - Let go of mythology, superstition and fear.
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In this episode we’re going to begin taking a closer look at the Five Basic Beliefs that lead to a Reasonable life. The first belief is "Let go of mythology, superstition and fear".By C. J. Sand
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In this episode we take a look at what is Reasonable all about. We also ask the question, "Why not just be an Atheist?" and look at some of the reasons why one might chose a more Reasonable way of being.By C. J. Sand
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Question everything. Test all things against the facts.
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at Reasonable Guideline #5, Question everything. Test all things against the facts.By C. J. Sand
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at the common phrase “Kiss and make up” and just how important this can be in our lives.By C. J. Sand
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Before you assist others, put your own oxygen mask on first
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at the comment from every airline safety presentation about making sure you put on your own oxygen mask before helping others.By C. J. Sand
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In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at whether you are an actor or a reactor, when it comes to living your life.By C. J. Sand
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Don’t Let What You Can’t Do Get In The Way Of What You Can Do
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Welcome to another episode of “Sounds Reasonable To Me”. This podcast is created and produced by iamreasonable.com, and I’m your host, C. J. Sand. In this week’s episode we’re going to take a look at not letting the little things you can’t do interfere with doing and achieving the big things you should do.…
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Welcome to another episode of “Sounds Reasonable To Me”. This podcast is created and produced by iamreasonable.com, and I’m your host, C. J. Sand. In this week’s episode we’re going to look at change and the difficulties we encounter when trying to change our minds.By C. J. Sand
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Welcome to another episode of “Sounds Reasonable To Me”. This podcast is created and produced by iamreasonable.com, and I’m your host, C. J. Sand. In this week’s episode we’re going to look at the idea of having friends, confidants . . . mates.By C. J. Sand
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