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🗓️ 29 July 2025
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We all have them—those people who just rub us the wrong way. The ones who challenge your patience, poke at your insecurities, or seem to test your emotional limits. In today’s episode, we’re talking about “sandpaper people”—the difficult relationships that actually refine us if we let them. You’ll learn how to shift your mindset, stay in your confidence, and use these interactions as unexpected opportunities for growth. If someone’s been getting under your skin lately, this episode is exactly what your heart needs.
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0:00.0 | We all have those people, the ones that just grind on you. |
0:05.0 | They seem to just rub you the wrong way, but honestly, they're not doing anything wrong. |
0:10.6 | And sometimes it's hard to put your finger on what is it about this person that just feels so irritating. |
0:16.5 | These are the ones who challenge your patients, who poke at your insecurities, or seem to test your emotional |
0:22.6 | limits by just existing. Like, if not necessarily, even a conversation you have. I want to talk to you |
0:29.5 | about what I call sandpaper people. We're going to talk about how these are the best people in |
0:35.3 | your life, whether it's a co-worker, a hard to work with family member, or just a neighbor that just, oh, gosh, irritates you. |
0:42.3 | And you go, why am I so bothered? |
0:44.5 | I want to tell you today that your sandpaper person is a gift because they are smoothing out something for you. |
0:50.5 | So if someone's been getting under your skin, then this episode is a must listen for you. |
0:57.6 | And even if no one's bothering you right now, listen, we're humans. Human relationships and |
1:02.7 | interactions are complex. So you should still listen so that you know what to do the next time |
1:08.4 | someone just rubs you the wrong way so you can stay |
1:11.1 | in a place of confidence and kindness and power. You're listening to the Confidence Podcast, |
1:18.0 | where we do confidence coaching for driven high achieving women who want more, because high |
1:24.3 | achieving women deserve high level confidence. |
1:29.4 | I'm your host, Trish Blackwell. |
1:30.7 | Let's get started. |
1:33.4 | Hey there, welcome to the Confidence Podcast. |
1:37.1 | My name is Trish Blackwell, and I am your host. |
1:39.7 | This is episode 662. |
1:46.7 | We're talking about sandpaper people and how to grow from people who rub you the wrong way. |
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