{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Terrible Creative","title":"The Wrong Target - When Freelance Invoices Go Unpaid, and Rage Takes the Mic","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2465,"description":"One phone call. One late invoice. One moment of controlled but very real rage. In this episode, I unpack a recent client conflict that left me feeling powerful, anxious, vindicated—and deeply uncomfortable. It’s not about being right. It’s about what happens when your nervous system hijacks your ethics, and you end up blowing up the wrong bridge.\n\nSocial psychologist Jamie Hughes joins to help me understand what the hell happened inside my brain—and how anger, justice, trauma, dopamine, and freelance stress all get tangled up when money’s tight and respect feels scarce.\n\nIt’s about accountability. It’s about empathy. It’s about not turning into the thing you’re fighting.\n“You can’t cuss out the situation. So sometimes, we just need someone to unload our stress on.” — Jamie Hughes\nListen if you’ve ever:\nBeen ghosted by a client after delivering your best work.\nSent an email you were 90% sure you’d regret—but hit send anyway.\nFelt the righteous, electric satisfaction of finally standing up for yourself… and then the quiet shame that followed.\nWondered why you get excited when you’re angry, even though your whole body is on fire.\nFeaturing:\nThe HPA axis and why your shoulders hurt when you’re mad\nADHD and justice sensitivity (why fairness feels life-or-death)\nHow financial pressure rewires your empathy\nWhy anger feels good… and why that should scare you\nWhat empathy actually looks like when the system sucks\nThe guilt that follows a justified overreaction\n\nSpecial Guest:\n\nJamie Hughes\nSocial Psychologist, Trauma Specialist, and Certified Life Coach\n📲 @managing.mental.health\n🔗 Website + Resources: beacons.ai/managing_mental_health\n\n\n📩 Got a story?\nIf you’ve ever burned a bridge and still think about it in the shower five years later, I’d love to hear it.\nNot to fix it. Not to absolve you. Just to witness it.\n👉 Email: patrick@terriblephotographer.com\n\n\n💬 Help Me Be Terrible, Together:\nIf this episode hit you, leave a review on Apple Podcasts. I’ll probably read it on...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qsOnUwMbUF-PHJZ7RwOm0Uh1mXJoqDwCz1nHN0z7r7Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMTIy/MjM3Yzk2YTUzZDE5/ZjNiODE0Y2MxOTgz/MGRiNC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}