#6 - Duey Freeman: The Human Attachment & Development Wizard, Lessons from 80,000 Client Hours

After 74 years on Earth, 50 years as a therapist, and accumulating over 80,000 client hours, our guest, Duey Freeman, has a lot to say. In a world where we aren't taught how to be in a relationship or navigate life’s challenges, the wisdom Duey shares with us is absolutely essential.

Expect to learn:
- What attachment is
- How to create intimacy with others
- How and why most people never fully grow up
- How human development is stunted
- Why so many people struggle with shame
- The key to dissolving shame
- How humans lost our instincts
- Why we are scared of being scared

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Timecodes: 
0:00 Intro 
3:13 Duey’s Origin Story 
10:30 Duey’s Big Realization on Attachment 
13:08 Grieving the Loss of a Parent
17:14 Duey’s Definition of Attachment 
19:08 I-Thou-We Relationship 
21:45 Original Attachment 
27:20 Normalizing Attachment Issues
32:40 What it Means to Make Contact with Another 
37:47 The Different Stages of Human Development 
42:20 We Go Back to Earlier Stages of Development During Tough Times 
48:15 Dissolving Shame 
52:40 The Importance of “I Love you, and…”
58:48 Where did Humans Lose Touch with Our Instincts?
1:05:18 The Big Break in Humans 
1:11:28 “We Are Scared of Being Scared”.

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Duey is a sought-after teacher, trainer, licensed therapist, and equine professional worldwide.
He has taught worldwide and developed a practical attachment theory and human development theory taught to thousands of university students.
He has nearly 80,000 direct client hours and co-founded the Gestalt Equine Institute and the Gestalt Institute of the Rockies.

Connect with Duey
https://www.dueyfreeman.org/

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Links to all episodes on audio...
Spotify/ https://open.spotify.com/show/34PKMtorb7RIrOzoMNLRFP
Apple Pod/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-human-experience/id1751347188



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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 3:13 Duey's Origin Story
• 10:13 Duey's Big Attachment Realization
• 13:08 Grieving the Loss of a Parent
• 17:14 Duey's Definition of Attachment
• 19:08 I-Thou-We Relationship
• 21:45 Original Attachment
• 27:20 Normalizing Attachment Issues
• 32:40 What it Means to Make Contact with Another
• 37:47 The Different Stages of Human Development
• 42:20 We Go Back to Earlier Stages of Development During Tough Times
• 48:15 Dissolving Shame
• 52:40 The Importance of “I Love You, and…”
• 58:48 Where did Humans Lose Touch with Our Instincts?
• 1:05:18 The Big Break in Humans
• 1:11:28 “We Are Scared of Being Scared”