The Courage Gym

Name: Courage Gym: Let’s Try Something Dumb and See What Happens.
Start: 2025-11-08T10:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-11-08T11:30:00.000Z
Location: Koffie Academie

Amsterdam, NL

2 members · Public group

What we’re about

We’re a small community in Amsterdam that practices social courage through humor, not theory.
Our goal: to build thicker skin and a lighter heart.

We meet for playful “Courage Workouts” — short public dares designed to make rejection, awkwardness, and failure feel like good exercise.

You might ask a stranger for a high-five, try to bargain for a 10 cent coffee discount, or sing three seconds of a song in a park. Half the time people say no, and we cheer.
Afterward we grab a drink, swap stories, and laugh at how terrifyingly ordinary rejection really is.

Who joins? Curious, kind, slightly weird people — freelancers, expats, coaches, artists, and anyone tired of pretending they’re confident.

No pep-talks, no fixing, no gurus.
Just honest play, brave laughter, and the discovery that freedom starts the moment you stop managing impressions.

Featured event

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Sat, Nov 8 · 11:00 AM CET

Courage Gym: Let’s Try Something Dumb and See What Happens.

Koffie Academie, Overtoom 95, Amsterdam, NH, NL

We’re turning fear of rejection into a public workout.

This isn’t therapy — it’s training for your nervous system.

For 90 minutes, we’ll walk through Amsterdam doing small, funny “courage reps”: short social dares that stretch your comfort zone and remind you that awkwardness isn’t fatal.

We’ll split into five groups of two and co-create our Courage Cards together.
Each group will brainstorm and draw a few funny social challenges — all approved on arrival, so everyone feels safe and excited.

Depending on the group’s comfort level, you might:
• Ask a stranger for a high-five and celebrate when they say no.
• Try to buy coffee for ten cents off.
• Give someone a compliment so absurd it makes you both laugh.
• Sing three seconds of a song in a park.
• Ask for advice from a random “mentor” about a life choice.
• Sketch a stranger and try to “sell” them your bad art for a euro.
• Attempt the “Big Ask” — like borrowing €100 from a stranger — and enjoy the hilariously inevitable no.

Half the joy is watching each other fail gloriously.
Afterward, we’ll grab a drink, swap stories, and notice how light our bodies feel when fear stops running the show.

Bring comfortable shoes, curiosity, and a sense of humor.
No pep talks, no gurus — just courage in motion.

You might even make friends, who knows...