Our today’s guests have a special book for you to read – the stories of overcoming adversity by cancer patients, the stories shared by oncologists, and more. What is the common denominator for going through something extremely difficult?
-Jim & Lucy Kovalova-Woods

David lost his beloved sister to terminal brain cancer in 2007 and he’s hosted a number of fundraisers in her memory to raise funds for various cancer organizations.
-Terry Oliver

David is an author, public speaker, and endurance athlete whose mission is to form more meaningful human connections through storytelling. His first book, Winning in the Middle of the Pack, discussed how to get more out of ourselves than ever imagined. With Cycle of Lives, David shares stories of people overcoming trauma and delves deeply into their emotional journeys with cancer.
-Dr. Debi Silber

As a former sedentary, over-weight, smoker, David knew that he needed to focus not on what others wanted out of him, but on what he wanted out of life. Through lessons learned in business and sport, he introduced the concept of the “middle of the pack” and how we can get more out of ourselves than we ever imagined.
-Dr. Russell Thackeray

David Richman shares the emotional journey of his new book, why certain cities are terrible for biking, and how he went from rock bottom to running more than 50 triathlons and 15 Ironman-distance events.
-Joey Held

David did something incredible that can inspire us all. After losing his sister to brain cancer, David has organized a yearly fundraiser in her memory, the most recent being the impetus for his newly released book, Cycle of Lives – 15 People’s Stories, 5,000 Miles, and a Journey Through the Emotional Chaos of Cancer.
-Marlene McConnell

Listen in to my conversation with David Richman who rode his bike 5,000 miles to explore the emotional journey of cancer. After losing his sister to brain cancer, David was led to do something incredible that can inspire us all. In this chat we talk about his intense and unique fundraiser in his sister’s memory which was writing a book, Cycle of Lives.
-Lorri Carey

In this episode, I’m excited to speak to David Richman. David is an entrepreneur, author, public speaker, endurance athlete, and philanthropist who brings the lessons learned in his life to enrich and inspire others. He pushed out of his comfort zone as a sedentary, overweight smoker stuck in an abusive and unhealthy marriage to seek true satisfaction in his life. That meant quitting an addiction to focusing on what others wanted out of him, and go full-throttle for what he wanted for himself.
-Chris Dorris

How should we be running? What are forefront, mid strike, and heel strike running? How did David transform his running form? What is the benefit of shortening our stride length? What is the importance of having a strong core for running? Why should we increase our cadence? What sort of shoes should we wear to run?
-David Stewart

None of us know how we will react when faced with trauma. Will we be brave? Will we be the person who continues to be happy, always smiling, laughing, cracking jokes, even when face-to-face with our own mortality? Or will we close out the world and fall deeper into ourselves, completely absorbed by the horrific nature of our reality?
-Kevin Lowe

Welcome to Life Transformation Radio.

In this episode, David Richman and I discuss How today is really day zero (a fresh learning experience) if we let it be.

So if you want to see yourself in an honest way, forgive and learn to let go. so you can have a fresh learning experience every day, tune in now!
-Rob Actis

David Richman was an overweight, chain-smoking, homeless kid at the age of 18. He got a job at a Vegas fast food joint, worked 3 jobs at a time to work his way up the ladder, never went to college, wanted to start his own company, met with a room full of Angel Investors to try to get seed money for it, was immediately asked, “Where’d you get your MBA?” Wait till you hear his damn response!!!
-Chris Dorris

-Anne DeButte

In this episode, I am joined by my guest David Richman, who is an author, public speaker, endurance athlete, and an amazing human being. Who has gone from this journey of an overweight smoker to an ultra-endurance athlete and done hundreds of races and marathons and even a five-thousand-mile bike ride.
-Michael Anthony

Like many of us, David’s life was touched by cancer when his sister June died of brain cancer. David wanted to find a unique way to honour his sister and raise funds for cancer care and research – the Cycle of Lives Project was born. David set himself the very bold goal of cycling over 8,000km across the United States from Los Angeles via Florida to New York in just over 6 weeks.
-Amanda Hayes

Well, this is what our guest today, David Richman, did in 2016. For this incredibly successful entrepreneur, author, public speaker, athlete, and philanthropist, it started as a transition away from what others wanted of him to focus on what HE really wanted out of life.
-Helen Morris

David is a former sedentary, over-weight smoker turned endurance athlete. To date, David has completed over 50 triathlons, several 24-hour runs, 15 ironmans and more! He is also the author of the new book “Cycle of Lives”, which covers 15 people from America’s stories about their experiences through the emotional chaos of cancer.
-Harry Potvin

David Richman, author of Cycle of Lives: 15 People’s Stories, 5,000 Miles, and a Journey Through the Emotional Chaos of Cancer, shares real stories of trials and triumph with victory and defeat. These cancer stories allow us to better understand how issues like suicide, abandonment, loss, survivor guilt, abuse, fertility affect cancer patients and the people who care for them.
-Myrna Young

David Richman did just that as part of a passion project that later became his book, Cycle of Lives, where all proceeds benefit cancer-focused charities.
-Victoria Volk

Listen in today to David’s story. David is an author; his story of cycling across the country to help others with cancer is truly inspirational.

You can find David here:
https://www.facebook.com/cycleoflives
www.instagram.com/davidrichman_cycleoflives
-Dana Bowman

As an author, Dave has written a few books.
His first, “Winning In the Middle of the Pack” he shares insights learned on his own transformation journey.
-Gene Gurkoff

Has Losing a family to a terminal illness shaken your world? Join Dr.’s Gloria and Heidi Horsley and David Richman bereaved sibling, public speaker, philanthropist, endurance athlete and author of Cycle of Lives to learn how David coped with losing his sister to brain cancer.
-Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley

David started to form the idea of his latest book, Cycle of Lives, after his sister died from brain cancer.
-Hayley Dubin

Do you want to be better equipped to deal with trauma, be there for the people around you, and feel more supported in starting hard conversations? Dr. Terri talks to David Richman, public speaker, philanthropist, endurance athlete and author of the new book, “Cycle of Lives.”
-Dr. Terri Orbuch

Hear from David Richman, businessman, motivational speaker, and author. His latest book, Cycle of Lives, details the evocative stories of fifteen peoples’ lives and journeys with cancer. In this episode, we learn about perseverance and the power of empathy through David’s life and we also get an insight into some of the powerful people that he encountered while writing. Be sure to listen to the very end for bonus material.
-Danny Attias

In this episode I talk with author David Richman, about his new book “Cycle of Lives,” an incredible look at 15 different stories of dealing with cancer, interwoven with David’s own literal journey across the country to connect with his interviewees.
-Jordon Ferber

One would think riding your bike 5000 miles across the country would be all about the physical experience, but in the case of David Richman, the true poignancy of his story is the emotional journey he took. David interviewed 15 people about their experiences with cancer – either as a survivor, a caregiver or a practitioner.
-Anne Robie and Sherry Essig

I had the pleasure of interviewing a very cool guy named David Richman! He’s not only run over 50 triathlons, he’s also completed 15 Ironman’s, more than 50 marathons, and a 5,000 solo bike ride from California to Florida to New York to write his book, Cycle of Lives! Make sure you check him out!
-Liz Newcomer

Cycle of Lives, a nonprofit started in 2013, and its inspiring project that resulted in a recently published book that David authored as a result of his 5,000-mile solo 6-week bike journey across the country, linking 15 people, all impacted by cancer in different ways: patient, survivor, loved-one, researcher or caregiver.
-Laura S. Wittcoff

Sometimes, in life, we might find ourselves stuck in destructive situations or behaviors, and the only way out is to realize that our habits and practices work against ourselves and take radical actions to turn our lives around.
–Bobbi Kahler

Today on the podcast we sit down with David Richman. David is the Author of the new book, Cycle of Lives: 15 People’s Stories, 5,000 Miles, and a Journey Through the Emotional Chaos of Cancer. In the book, David explores 15 people’s emotional journeys — including caregivers, patients, loved ones, and doctors — and the various traumas in their lives that affected their experience.
-Aly French and Erica Stein

In 41 days, David Richman rode 5000 miles to meet the individuals and families he had interviewed for his book, Cycle of Lives.

What he learned from these cancer stories will touch you deeply and provide information that will help you enter into the difficult – but necessary – conversations with those who’ve been diagnosed with cancer.
-Rick Bergh

Winning in the Middle of the Pack Leigh Martinuzzi · 996 David Richman – Winning in The Middle of The Pack My interview with David Richman about his journey from being an overweight smoker in an abusive relationship to becoming an Ultraman triathlete.
–Leigh Martinuzzi

When his sister was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, David struggled to face the difficult emotions of losing the one person in his life who had known him the longest. After many end-of-life conversations with his sister, David committed to engaging in yearly endurance activities in her memory.
-Danette Adams

As human beings, we all have different interests, paths, and stories, but the one thing that binds us all is our emotions. The problem is, most of us struggle to open up when those emotions are tied to trauma.
–Jay Campbell

Listen Cycle of Lives

Living lives to honor the person you lost.

Author David Richman

Craig and  David discuss the chaos of cancer.

Humor Beats Cancer: What made you decide to make this book and what do you hope people get out of it?

We learn about how Allison got involved with the organization, as well as the programs that Stupid Cancer offers the adolescents and young adult community, also known as the AYA community. Alison opens up about how her own brother’s bout with Cancer fuels her passion to help AYAs who are going through the same thing. Alison has dedicated her life to helping others and we really enjoyed our conversation today.

As an endurance athlete, he chose to ride his bicycle across country, 5,000 miles, to meet with each of them individually. The metaphor for endurance athletics and enduring life comes up over and over in the book and in our conversation because it’s such an apt metaphor. All proceeds of the book go to charity. But, get it for your own edification knowing you’re also helping cancer research.