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Breaking InYou Are More Than You ThinkWe take another deep dive into Andy's prison program and the what and why of the key design features many of which have taken a decade or so to refine: Physically Active Learning, mind-body connection, managing mood, working to targets, competition, community and progressive overload - and what Andy's version of a supportive environment in a prison looks and feels like.We end with a short foray into policy and what it might take to halt the seemingly inevitable march to a 6-figure prison population: Bravery, anyone?These podcasts don't get made unless Tom Haigh...2025-06-2021 minBreaking InIn Praise Of PeopleIt's taken a decade or so for Andy to really recognise the risks, limits and costs of his choice to do this work as a sole practitioner but here he is. In this episode he talks about the steps he has taken to move away from professional isolation as well as the goal to move at least some of the work upstream.He also lifts the lid on the what and why of his pre-start courtship process that he has refined over the years before a prison program even gets a look-in:Is there a NEED...2025-05-3021 minBreaking InMy Mentoring Year With PwC: Prison Governors SpeakAndy's unique mentoring model pairs a prison leader with a senior partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in a reciprocal relationship lasting 12months. A first intake of 13 pairs were launched last year and as the first round comes to a close the prison half of two of those pairs talk about their experience and what it's meant to them in and out of role.These podcasts don't get made unless Tom Haigh of Sound Post Production www.tomhaigh.com and interviewer Tony Maguire www.boxkik.com decide to roll out of bed. Fortunately for me I still seem to be...2025-05-2229 minBreaking InMore In CommonWhy would you put a prison leader and a corporate executive in a mutual mentoring model and what's in it for them? Andy explains the how and why of his unique partnership. We also talk bubbles and silos; the importance of getting out of them in order to recalibrate frames of reference and to check in with what 'good' actually looks like. We finish with Andy's somewhat different take on playing the long game and his reveal that - like David Attenborough - he plans to keep going till his mid-90s and what that means for t...2025-05-0224 minBreaking InThe Most Challenging TimeOne of the reasons Andy hasn't recorded any new material for a while is that he's been using all his bandwidth to Deal With Demons - most of which have been unleashed as a consequence of the work. While not fully out of the woods just yet he's regained enough confidence to pause at the podcast studio and reflect that of course the last few months have also included some major personal and professional milestones too. This is a wide-ranging episode that fills at least some of the silence since the last one: Vicarious trauma and solo w...2025-04-0621 minBreaking InFitness First: Why It WorksMost of the people behind bars are not there for reasons of 'organised' crime: They have not sat down and done a rational cost-benefit analysis of their crime and sentence before going out and doing the deed. Most people are there because of a failure to manage their emotions at a crucial time. Often - not always - drugs and alcohol play a part in that.Exercise and physical activity give people a chance to practice the skills of managing their mood and to experience agency over their thoughts-behaviour often for the first time. It is the r...2024-01-0524 minBreaking InThe Relationship Building BusinessAndy argues that people in prison stand and fall on their capacity to build, nuture and repair relationships, and that this is crucial skill that needs to bridge both sides of the bars if the place is to be a safe one.In the second of two post-Covid How The Work Is Harder Now podcasts he explains what is different now, how that affects people like him doing this kind of work and what he thinks this means for the people in charge.These podcasts don't get made unless Tom Haigh of Sound Post Production www.t...2023-11-2919 minBreaking InCovid: Unintended ConsequencesSome Good News - & The Work Is Harder Now.Covid has changed the game for the people in our prisons on either side of the bars.Some of that was planned for and much of it seemingly was not, and as time goes on it becomes harder to unravel Cause & Effect as compound and cumulative take more of a hold. There are differences in People, Policy and Place now that weren't present in 2019 or were way less and these are making it harder for sole practitioners like Andy to come in and do the work they d...2023-10-1823 min
Breaking InHope Part 3: It's A Bumpy Ride - & Smoother If Fitness FirstAndy explains the what and why of his prison program design: Physical activity challenges in groups to enable people to experience agency and community sometimes for the first time, and using this as a gateway to hearts and minds. He talks about the elusive nature of success in this kind of work and how he's learned to quantify it so he can hold on to hope and present it to others. These podcasts don't get made unless Tom Haigh of Sound Post Production www.tomhaigh.com and interviewer Tony Maguire www.boxkik.com decide t...2023-09-0812 min
Breaking InOnly Shadows RemainWe are sending more people to prison more often, earlier and for longer. Our prison population has grown by 3/4 in the last few decades and is projected to keep growing. The fastest growing group are older men and it is with this group that Andy has been working with. Here he talks candidly about the sobering reality of living and working in an environment such as this, how difficult and fragile this work can be and how easily the evidence of success can be wiped away.These podcasts don't get made unless Tom Haigh of Sound P...2023-08-1112 min
Breaking InHope 2: Some Stuff Is Bad - Most People Are GoodHere's the good news: Most crime is not Organised - or done as a result of a cold rational decision. Most people are inside for other reasons - reasons that can be treated or worked with. In other words there's hope - but you have to look and think differently to hold it.These podcasts don't get made unless Tom Haigh of Sound Post Production www.tomhaigh.com and interviewer Tony Maguire www.boxkik.com decide to roll out of bed. Fortunately for me I still seem to be giving them reason to do so...2023-07-2017 min
Breaking InHope Part 1: Yes We CanIt's all too easy to focus on the dark side when delving into criminal justice.There is dark and there is also Hope - and that hope can start today with each of us.Andy doesn't have a manifesto but if he did the first early draft version would be six lines: These are those six.These podcasts don't get made unless Tom Haigh of Sound Post Production www.tomhaigh.com and interviewer Tony Maguire www.boxkik.com decide to roll out of bed. Fortunately for me I still seem to be giving them reason...2023-06-2709 min
Breaking InNew Work New WorldCovid may be officially over but the legacy is lingering way longer in the prison system than in society at large. As Andy gets ready to start new NHS-funded work with elderly, disabled and vulnerable men he talks about how to hold on to Hope amidst the despair, and breaking the strangle-hold of the culture and practice of 'Learned Helplessness' - an insidious and unexpected consequence of the lockdown years.These podcasts don't get made unless Tom Haigh of Sound Post Production www.tomhaigh.com and interviewer Tony Maguire www.boxkik.com decide to roll out of...2023-02-2449 min
Breaking InBreakthroughAndy lands his first contracted work as our prison system tries to get to grips with the cost of covid for staff and men inside counted in terms of mental, physical and emotional health and function. 10 years on from his first contact with our criminal justice system Andy talks about 'stickability' and earning the right to be invited in to do the work. He gives an insight to his work during covid supporting prison governors online that kept him in the game and the governors sane at their most challenging time in role.He also speaks ab...2023-01-1742 min
Breaking InFirst HopesNothing Star Wars here: Andy talks about the what and why of the formation of his not-profit Run For Your Life in 2017, his hopes that he had and continues to have and how these compare to the reality of this type of work. He ends the 'cast talking movingly about the emotional impact of the work and how he is learning to deal with it.These podcasts don't get made unless Tom Haigh of Sound Post Production www.tomhaigh.com and interviewer Tony Maguire www.boxkik.com decide to roll out of bed. Fortunately for me I...2022-06-2033 min
Breaking InEpisode 2: First TestsAfter nearly 10 years involving many false starts and progressive toe-dipping, Andy finally secures his first contracted work in a prison.Then the Covid pandemic hit, prisons went into lockdown and all work stops.Here Andy talks about what it took earn the right to be invited inside and what happened when programs of his design met reality for the first time.These podcasts don't get made unless Tom Haigh of Sound Post Production www.tomhaigh.com and interviewer Tony Maguire www.boxkik.com decide to roll out of bed. Fortunately for me I still seem...2022-04-2743 min
Breaking InEpisode 1: First ContactWhat does it take for one man with no history of prison or prison service to earn the right to work with people on the inside of the bars? What does that feel like - and why should you care anyway?Andy Mouncey Founder of Run For Your Life CIC www.runforyourlife.org.uk talks candidly and from the heart.Episode 1Andy's first time inside is a visceral memory even today. Here he reflects on that and on other first contacts and then brings you right up to date with his most recent first: The...2022-02-2138 min
Great Move NorthAndy Mouncey, Doing Big and Scary: 'I raced from London to Paris - then found the toughest challenge of my life behind bars'Bored and restless, triathlete Andy Mouncey needed a new challenge. He felt he’d found the answer as he set out on an astonishing race against the clock from London to Paris. He quickly found that wasn’t enough. Andy’s true personal challenge finally fell into place inside a prison in Cumbria… Find out more at the Great Move North website - https://www.greatmovenorth.com/ Produced by Tony Maguire. Recorded and edited by Tom Haigh.2021-10-1530 min