About us
A safe space to build real social confidence — one conversation at a time.
Ever feel like everyone else got a handbook on how to connect with people, and somehow yours never arrived? Like the world expects you to walk in already knowing how to read a room, say the right thing, hold your ground, bounce back from rejection — all while being completely yourself. And make it look effortless.
You're not the only one who missed that memo.
Some people push through the awkwardness anyway. Others slowly drift into isolation. Most of us just wish there was a gentler starting point — somewhere to begin at Level 1, not Level 10. A place where the challenges feel real but beatable. Where small wins actually happen, and you leave feeling more capable than when you walked in.
That's exactly the gap this group exists to fill.
We bring together practical exercises drawn from social skills programs, personal experience, and a lot of trial and error — and we actually do them, together. Think of it less like a classroom and more like a gym. 80% doing, 20% learning. No long lectures. No pressure to perform. Just honest, low-stakes practice with people who get it.
Because confidence isn't something you think your way into — it's something you build through reps.
Check out our social skills workshops on this group run by Social Shortcuts. We offer one to one coaching for social skills including a free trial session. For more information or to book a free trial session go to our website https://www.socialshortcuts.com or email [info@socialshortcuts.com](mailto:info@socialshortcuts.com)
We also have a WhatsApp chat where we discuss social skills & you can ask questions. You can join by clicking here - https://chat.whatsapp.com/FazOw62casTFM9fAU1tAp2
We have a video course on how to never run out of things to say plus overcoming nervousness in social situations you can also see by visiting our website.
We have almost 180000 followers on TikTok & post regular social skills videos - https://www.tiktok.com/@socialshortcuts.com
We are also on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/socialshortcuts
Check out our social skills coaching events with Social Shortcuts on this group. Hope to see you there!
Upcoming events
3
- £9.50
How To Manage Emotions Workshop
Store Street Espresso, 40 Store Street, London, GBTICKET PRICES
🟤 THE FIRST 10 TICKETS ARE £4.50 ONLY
🟢 REMAINING TICKETS ONLINE ARE £9.50 ONLY
🟣 TICKETS AT THE DOOR ARE £15Buy Tickets On This Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1998128525207
In this workshop Ryan explains how emotions function, how to best manage your emotions to be in a more positive state without suppressing or hiding them including brain training exercises you can practice to increase sharpness in this area. Ryan also explains why managing emotions is the most important part of social skills & how it fits in.
🟡 - How emotions function
🟤 - How managing emotions is related to social skills
⚪ - How to decrease bad emotions
🔴 - How to increase good emotions
🟢 - What different emotions are there
🔴- How to change your perspective on any situation
🟣 - Brain training exercises designed to increase sharpness at this area of social skills
🟡 - A challenge at the end to bring everything from the workshop togetherRyan has been coaching people social skills full time for over 10 years. As a quiet & shy person he wanted to work on his own social skills & after making huge improvements plus understanding how social situations work & how to improve he developed a process to help others for every area of social skills. He has helped thousands of people over the years to improve & now has a huge following including over 180000 followers on TikTok. More info on Ryan & Social Shortcuts can be found on the website www.socialshortcuts.com
After workshops we spend time hanging out together, a great opportunity to practice the workshop content & make new friends. Plus Ryan is happy to answer any questions you want to ask one to one.
🟢Workshop happening just after this:
Developing Humour And Quick Thinking In Social Situations Workshop
Sun, Oct 11, 2026, 5:45 PM in London
Click the link to buy tickets - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1998128528216In this workshop Ryan explains how it’s possible to become more funny plus the best ways to do this, what the different types of humour are with brain training exercises designed to make you sharper in this area. With practice bringing everything together in conversation at the end.
🔵 - Why it is possible to improve humour if you’re not currently very good at that area
🟣 - How to become more funny over time
🟠 - What the different types of humour are
🟢 - How to deliver humour in social situations
🔵 - Brain training exercises designed to increase sharpness at this area of social skills
⚫ - A challenge at the end to bring everything from the workshop togetherIn person workshops are at 40 Store St. - Store Street Espresso: London.
For any questions feel free to contact Ryan or Gabriel. Please don't contact the other group organisers as they are not involved in running the event & won't be able to provide much help:
✉ Ryan: info@socialshortcuts.com
✉ Gabriel: gabrielsocialshortcuts@gmail.comOTHER EVENTS LINED UP
🟡 Developing Humor And Quick Thinking In Social Situations
🟢 Persuasion Workshop
🟤 How To Manage Emotions Workshop5 minute documentary on our workshops - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rlbCYdeaws
We have a score of 4.9 out 5 on Trustpilot - https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/socialshortcuts.com
Our WhatsApp chat where we discuss social skill, give updates about our events & you can ask questions - https://chat.whatsapp.com/H3mLsvkNJwpCcOELRX28nQ
For one to one coaching on social skills and also our free trial session - [
http://www.socialshortcuts.com
We have over 180000 followers on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@socialshortcuts.com
Our video courses - [https://social-shortcuts.teachable.com/p/conversation-courseDISCLAIMER This workshop is intended for educational and or entertainment purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any medical condition.
Follow us on the sites below also:
http://www.socialshortcuts.com http://www.youtube.com/c/socialshortcuts http://www.facebook.com/socialshortcutsofficial http://www.Instagram.com/socialshortcuts📜 Judith Orloff
📜 How you react emotionally is a choice in any situation2 attendees - £9.50
Developing Humour And Quick Thinking In Social Situations Workshop
Store Street Espresso, 40 Store Street, London, GBTICKET PRICES
🟤 THE FIRST 10 TICKETS ARE £4.50 ONLY
🟢 REMAINING TICKETS ONLINE ARE £9.50 ONLY
🟣 TICKETS AT THE DOOR ARE £15Buy Tickets On This Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1998128528216
In this workshop Ryan explains how it’s possible to become more funny plus the best ways to do this, what the different types of humour are with brain training exercises designed to make you sharper in this area. With practice bringing everything together in conversation at the end.
🔵 - Why it is possible to improve humour if you’re not currently very good at that area
🟣 - How to become more funny over time
🟠 - What the different types of humour are
🟢 - How to deliver humour in social situations
🔵 - Brain training exercises designed to increase sharpness at this area of social skills
⚫ - A challenge at the end to bring everything from the workshop togetherRyan has been coaching people social skills full time for over 10 years. As a quiet & shy person he wanted to work on his own social skills & after making huge improvements plus understanding how social situations work & how to improve he developed a process to help others for every area of social skills. He has helped thousands of people over the years to improve & now has a huge following including over 180000 followers on TikTok. More info on Ryan & Social Shortcuts can be found on the website www.socialshortcuts.com
After workshops we spend time hanging out together, a great opportunity to practice the workshop content & make new friends. Plus Ryan is happy to answer any questions you want to ask one to one.
🟢Workshop happening right after this:
How To Never Run Out Of Things To Say
Sun, Oct 18, 2026, 5:45 PM in LONDON
Tickets - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1998128529219In this workshop Ryan explains how conversations function, how to make them flow with brain training exercises that can be practiced to get sharper at conversations. This also helps conversations to be more engaging for everyone involved including yourself.
🟡 - Get rid of awkward silences in your conversations
🟤 - Make your conversations flow smoothly
⚪ - Make your conversations more engaging for everyone involved including yourself
🔴 - Indirectly benefit other areas of your social skills because if you’re not thinking about how to keep the
🟢 - conversation flowing you have more free thinking space to focus on other areas like humour or body language
🔴- Decrease your nervousness in social situations as often nervousness comes from not knowing what to say
🟣 - Brain training exercises designed to increase sharpness at this area of social skills
🟡 - A challenge at the end to bring everything from the workshop togetherIn person workshops are at 40 Store St. - Store Street Espresso: London.
For any questions feel free to contact Ryan or Gabriel. Please don't contact the other group organisers as they are not involved in running the event & won't be able to provide much help:
✉ Ryan: info@socialshortcuts.com
✉ Gabriel: gabrielsocialshortcuts@gmail.comOTHER EVENTS LINED UP
🟡 Developing Humor And Quick Thinking In Social Situations
🟢 Persuasion Workshop
🟤 How To Manage Emotions Workshop5 minute documentary on our workshops - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rlbCYdeaws
We have a score of 4.9 out 5 on Trustpilot - https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/socialshortcuts.com
Our WhatsApp chat where we discuss social skill, give updates about our events & you can ask questions - https://chat.whatsapp.com/H3mLsvkNJwpCcOELRX28nQ
For one to one coaching on social skills and also our free trial session - [
http://www.socialshortcuts.com
We have over 180000 followers on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@socialshortcuts.com
Our video courses - [https://social-shortcuts.teachable.com/p/conversation-courseDISCLAIMER This workshop is intended for educational and or entertainment purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any medical condition.
Follow us on the sites below also:
http://www.socialshortcuts.com http://www.youtube.com/c/socialshortcuts http://www.facebook.com/socialshortcutsofficial http://www.Instagram.com/socialshortcuts📜 Victor Borge
📜 Laughter is the shortest distant between two people2 attendees - £9.50
How To Never Run Out Of Things To Say Workshop
Store Street Espresso, 40 Store Street, London, GBTICKET PRICES
🟤 THE FIRST 10 TICKETS ARE £4.50 ONLY
🟢 REMAINING TICKETS ONLINE ARE £9.50 ONLY
🟣 TICKETS AT THE DOOR ARE £15Buy Tickets On This Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1998128529219
In this workshop Ryan explains how conversations function, how to make them flow with brain training exercises that can be practiced to get sharper at conversations. This also helps conversations to be more engaging for everyone involved including yourself.
🟡 - Get rid of awkward silences in your conversations
🟤 - Make your conversations flow smoothly
⚪ - Make your conversations more engaging for everyone involved including yourself
🔴 - Indirectly benefit other areas of your social skills because if you’re not thinking about how to keep the
🟢 - conversation flowing you have more free thinking space to focus on other areas like humour or body language
🔴- Decrease your nervousness in social situations as often nervousness comes from not knowing what to say
🟣 - Brain training exercises designed to increase sharpness at this area of social skills
🟡 - A challenge at the end to bring everything from the workshop togetherRyan has been coaching people social skills full time for over 10 years. As a quiet & shy person he wanted to work on his own social skills & after making huge improvements plus understanding how social situations work & how to improve he developed a process to help others for every area of social skills. He has helped thousands of people over the years to improve & now has a huge following including over 180000 followers on TikTok. More info on Ryan & Social Shortcuts can be found on the website www.socialshortcuts.com
After workshops we spend time hanging out together, a great opportunity to practice the workshop content & make new friends. Plus Ryan is happy to answer any questions you want to ask one to one.
🟢After this, the next workshop is:
How To Initiate Interactions With New People
Sun, Oct 25, 2026, 5:45 PM - IN LONDON
Tickets - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1998128541255In this workshop Ryan explains why people often have emotions blocking them (usually nervousness) in social situations & how to deal with this to not miss out on opportunities. In the 2nd half he explains how to smoothly start a conversation & make it flow.
🔵 - Understand why people get nervous in social situations or have other emotions blocking them from socialising
🟣 - How to reduce & overcome nervousness or other emotions blocking you from socialising
🟠 - How to start a conversation easily in almost any situation
🟢 - How to use positioning & body language to make starting a conversation much easier
🔵 - How to get a conversation flowing after starting it
⚫ - Brain training exercises designed to increase sharpness at this area of social skills
🔴 - A challenge at the end to bring everything from the workshop togetherIn person workshops are at 40 Store St. - Store Street Espresso: London.
For any questions feel free to contact Ryan or Gabriel. Please don't contact the other group organisers as they are not involved in running the event & won't be able to provide much help:
✉ Ryan: info@socialshortcuts.com
✉ Gabriel: gabrielsocialshortcuts@gmail.comOTHER EVENTS LINED UP
🟡 Developing Humor And Quick Thinking In Social Situations
🟢 Persuasion Workshop
🟤 How To Manage Emotions Workshop5 minute documentary on our workshops - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rlbCYdeaws
We have a score of 4.9 out 5 on Trustpilot - https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/socialshortcuts.com
Our WhatsApp chat where we discuss social skill, give updates about our events & you can ask questions - https://chat.whatsapp.com/H3mLsvkNJwpCcOELRX28nQ
For one to one coaching on social skills and also our free trial session - [
http://www.socialshortcuts.com
We have over 180000 followers on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@socialshortcuts.com
Our video courses - [https://social-shortcuts.teachable.com/p/conversation-courseDISCLAIMER This workshop is intended for educational and or entertainment purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any medical condition.
Follow us on the sites below also:
http://www.socialshortcuts.com http://www.youtube.com/c/socialshortcuts http://www.facebook.com/socialshortcutsofficial http://www.Instagram.com/socialshortcuts📜 Victor Borge
📜 Laughter is the shortest distant between two people2 attendees
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