The Body Knows What Freedom Requi...
The Body Knows What Freedom Requires with Staci Haines
Dreaming Ourselves Alive by Amel Murphy
S1 · E5
May 17, 2026
42:50
Episode notes

On anger as liberation, the difference between survival and freedom, and why personal transformation and social change are the two beats of the same heart. With Staci Haines, hosted by Amel Murphy.

What if healing alone will never be enough? And what if the anger you were told to manage is actually one of the most life-giving forces you carry?

Staci Haines has spent over three decades working at the intersection of trauma healing and social transformation. This conversation brings those threads into direct contact.

She and Amel speak about why we remain vulnerable to domination, how survival patterns shape our politics, and what it takes to build real agency. Staci draws a clear distinction between healing and liberation, and why one without the other is not enough.

They return again and again to the body; to ange ... 

Keywords
Somatic healing
Embodiment
Collective liberation
Nervous system
Justice in the Body
regenerative leadership
collective transformation
leadership
nervous system regulation
anger and boundaries