No Weak Links Club

NWLC Approved 16th May- 31st May

NWLC Approved | The best events in London this May Feria de Londres 2026 — 22–24 May | Boiler House, Brick Lane, London | Ticketed Reserve – FERIA DE LONDRES 2026 – Boiler House [https://www.tickettailor.com/events/wbliveltd/2198299] 🍺 London Pub Crawl Treasure Hunt — Multiple dates | Starts: Marquis of Granby, Soho | 20% off all drinks & foodFun London Pub Crawl Treasure Hunt with 20% off ALL drinks and food! Tickets, Multiple dates | Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fun-london-pub-crawl-treasure-hunt-with-20-off-all-drinks-and-food-tickets-46107710403?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&_gl=1*pnjy0n*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTg4MjIwMzU2Ni4xNzc4MzU2MzM0*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3NzgzNTYzMzQkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzgzNTc0NjEkajYwJGwwJGgw] 💘 Dating Club: Serenading Afternoon Picnic in the Park — Sun 24 May, 1–3pm | Meet outside High Street Kensington tube, 1–1:10pmDating Club-Serenading Afternoon Picnic in the Park Tickets, Sunday 24 May  •  1 PM - 3 PM | Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-club-serenading-afternoon-picnic-in-the-park-tickets-1797183667729?aff=ebdssbcategorybrowse&_gl=1*x8g2un*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTg4MjIwMzU2Ni4xNzc4MzU2MzM0*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3NzgzNTYzMzQkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzgzNTY0MDEkajYwJGwwJGgw] 🌳 Tree Walk with a Tree Guide — Wed 27 May, 2–3pm | London | FreeTREE WALK WITH A TREE GUIDE (FREE) Tickets, Wednesday 27 May  •  2 PM - 3 PM | Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tree-walk-with-a-tree-guide-free-tickets-1987158410298?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&_gl=1*1w1icjs*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjU4MzczODI0LjE3NzgzNTgwNDY.*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3NzgzNTgwNDUkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzgzNTgwNDUkajYwJGwwJGgw] 💃 Free Salsa & Bachata Class + Latino Night with Live DJ — Multiple dates | London | Free class, late DJFREE SALSA & BACHATA CLASS + Latino night with live DJ until late Tickets, Multiple dates | Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-salsa-bachata-class-latino-night-with-live-dj-until-late-tickets-1986924909892?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&_gl=1*6lpls0*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTg4MjIwMzU2Ni4xNzc4MzU2MzM0*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3NzgzNTYzMzQkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzgzNTc5ODUkajYwJGwwJGgw] 🧠 Walk & Talk About Life's Big Questions — Multiple dates | London | FreeWalk & Talk About Life's Big Questions Tickets, Multiple dates | Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/walk-talk-about-lifes-big-questions-registration-1962534182570?aff=ebdssbdestsearch] 🎵 R&B Party — Free Day Party — Sat 30 May, 5pm–midnight | London | FreeR&B PARTY - Free Day Party Tickets, Saturday 30 May-Sunday 31 May  •  5 PM-12 AM | Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rb-party-free-day-party-tickets-1987607314984?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&_gl=1*1baszxm*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTg4MjIwMzU2Ni4xNzc4MzU2MzM0*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3NzgzNTYzMzQkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzgzNTc0NjEkajYwJGwwJGgw] Voice message →https://www.speakpipe.com/Noweaklinksclub [https://www.speakpipe.com/Noweaklinksclub]Instagram → @noweaklinksclub⚠️ Disclaimer: All event details are correct at the time of recording. Always check the booking link before attending as dates, prices and availability can change. NWLC Approved is not affiliated with or sponsored by any of the events listed.

S1 EP6 My rant: What is going on with the internet?!

This is My Rant. And it is a good one. It started with a story that shook Josi to her core. A young man posted in a local Facebook group asking if anyone knew someone experienced with dreadlocks. A completely innocent post. The comments that followed were some of the cruellest things she had ever read directed at another human being. For doing absolutely nothing wrong. In this episode, Josi digs into one of the most important conversations of our time: why people say things online they would never say to anyone's face, who these people actually are, and what is really going on psychologically when someone types something vile at a stranger on the internet. She breaks down the Online Disinhibition Effect, the three types of people who leave hate comments, and the concept of moral grandstanding, where people perform outrage not because they are genuinely angry but because it makes them look good to their own audience. Then there is rage bait. Posts deliberately designed to make you furious. Josi explains how the algorithm rewards outrage, why creators learn to sharpen the edges of their content and how your angry comment, however justified, is making someone else money. Yes, even that Andrew Tate comment you really wanted to leave. She also gets personal. About being on the receiving end of hate messages after defending strangers online. About the instinct to hit back. About the dreadlocks story and why that kind of hate in her teenage years, when she had no confidence, would have genuinely cost her her mental health. Plus the research. A major 2025 study linking repeated online hate to depression, anxiety and reduced life satisfaction. And brand new 2026 research arguing that online hate should stop being called hate speech and start being called what it actually is, violence. And finally, three practical things you can actually do about it. Because this episode is not just a rant. It is a call to build something better. Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and all major podcast platforms. 🎙️

SE1EP4 Serial failures

Welcome to what might be the most relatable entrepreneurship episode you will ever hear, because nobody here is pretending they got it right the first time. In this episode Josi is joined by Dejan, a software engineer and serial entrepreneur who has been living in London for thirteen years, originally from Split, Croatia via Belgrade, Serbia. They are old friends. They are both failed entrepreneurs. And they are both still going. The episode starts with a confession. This is actually the second recording. The first one was so slow and flat that Dejan himself said it would put listeners to sleep within five minutes. So they scrapped it and started again. Which is honestly the most on brand way to open an episode about never giving up. Josi shares how it all started, selling lingerie and watches from eBay in Facebook auction groups at sixteen years old, before dropshipping even had a name. Then how a desperate Facebook post during a difficult London chapter led to a job cleaning Dejan's flat and a friendship that has lasted ever since. What Josi didn't know until this episode was that she had also helped Dejan through one of the hardest periods of his life without even realising it. Dejan talks through his own entrepreneurial journey, a Chrome extension for price tracking, a telemetry platform that now has three thousand registered users, and his current project Style Rush, a booking app for salons, nail bars, tattoo studios and beauty businesses that challenges the industry standard by removing the punishing commission model that breaks new business owners. Between them they have tried, failed, pivoted and tried again more times than they can count. Gugugaga, children's interactive toys, did not make it. Gift boxes lasted a few months. A two year business partnership ended. And yet here they both are, still building. The conclusion is not a neat motivational speech. It is something more honest than that. If you have a passion for something, do it. Even if it fails. Because every failure points you somewhere. And sometimes that somewhere is exactly where you were always supposed to end up. Dejan also has something for listeners. If you know anyone in the beauty or wellness industry looking for a booking system, he is offering a commission for referrals. Details in the episode. 🎙️

NWLC Approved 2.5.-16.5

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S1 EP4- The dating files- part 2

In Part 2 Josi and her guest dig into the same four stories, but this time they're looking for answers. Why does someone ghost after six months with no warning and no fight? What keeps a person going back to someone who keeps taking their money and disappearing? How does a man choose the pub over coming home to his partner, even mid-intimate phone call? And is the woman who put a price tag on a third date a gold digger - or just honest about what she wants? Real stories. Real psychology. Real uncomfortable truths.