Ep. 616: Your Cringe Archive

Ep. 616: Your Cringe Archive

Author: Danny-J Johnson & Jill Coleman March 4, 2026 Duration: 22:45

When’s the last time you looked into your cringe archive? Everyone who has a personal brand has to go through some less than perfect posts before they get better—it’s a rite of passage. Too many people quit before they even begin because they’re too embarrassed to be seen posting something “cringe,” but you have to be willing to be cringe if you want to be seen and to make a difference. We’ve all been cringe at one point or another… Hell, we’re *still* cringe, but we show up and share our lives, and that’s what really matters to us.


Danny J’s name change [0:56]

A marriage mishap [5:33]

Your cringe archive [9:13]

Cringe just keeps happening [12:16]

The phone followed us everywhere in 2017 [13:24]

Cringe is most cringe-worthy to ourselves [17:12]

You have to start in order to get better [19:50]


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