EP 058: Your Smile Is Your Superpower: Carlyn Shaw on Turning Strangers Into Friends
Release Date: 06/24/2025
EP 076: From Addiction to a Miracle – Alexis Lackey’s Life-Changing Prayer
The Visible Kindness Podcast
Alexis Lackey’s life looked perfect on the outside—but behind the scenes, she was battling a growing addiction that quickly took over everything. What started as quiet drinking at night turned into a downward spiral of alcohol dependence, legal trouble, and emotional collapse. Despite trying multiple paths to recovery, nothing seemed to work. Until one night… everything changed. In this deeply personal and powerful conversation, Alexis shares her story of addiction, brokenness, and the moment she believes God completely removed her desire for alcohol. This is not just a story of...
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EP 075: She Followed God Into the Unknown — Now She’s Changing Lives in Kenya | Agnes Munyao
The Visible Kindness Podcast
From Nairobi to Northern Kenya: Feeding programs, youth outreach, and the power of a simple Gospel In this powerful episode of Visible Kindness, Ed Squire sits down with Pastor Agnes Munyao, a woman who made a life-changing decision to leave the comfort of Nairobi and follow what she believed was a calling from God into one of the most underserved regions of Kenya. What began as a single visit turned into a full-time mission. Agnes is now the acting director of the Light Christian Community-Based Organization, where she and her team are serving vulnerable communities through: • Feeding...
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EP 074: Why Some Victims Are Ignored — A Hard Truth | Nicole Moehring (Part 2)
The Visible Kindness Podcast
In Part 2 of this powerful conversation, I sit down again with Nicole Moehring to go deeper into the reality of abuse, justice, and the challenges families face when navigating systems that don’t treat every child equally. Nicole shares the heartbreaking truth of how her two children — both victims of abuse — were treated very differently. Her daughter was heard. Justice was served. But her son, who has autism, was not given the same voice… and his case remains unresolved. This episode goes beyond the story. It reveals the deeper issues that many families face — especially those...
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EP 073: I used to be a John - Ed Squire
The Visible Kindness Podcast
Years ago, I stood on a stage in front of over 1,000 people—right after the FBI spoke—and admitted something I never thought I would say out loud: I used to be a “John.” It was one of the most difficult and humbling moments of my life, but it wasn’t the moment that truly changed me. The real turning point happened months earlier in a Starbucks. After sharing the truth about my life with someone for the very first time, I thought the conversation was over. But God had something else in mind. An 18-year-old girl turned around and asked me a simple question—one that cut straight...
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EP 072: When the System Fails the Most Vulnerable - Nicole Moehring
The Visible Kindness Podcast
In this powerful episode of the Visible Kindness Podcast, Ed Squire speaks with Nicole Moehring, founder of Voices of Change 2018, a nonprofit dedicated to preventing abuse and advocating for individuals with disabilities. Nicole shares the deeply personal story of how both of her children became victims of abuse — and the stark contrast in how the justice system responded. While her daughter’s case resulted in accountability and legal consequences, her autistic son’s case was dismissed, revealing critical gaps in how systems handle cases involving individuals with disabilities. This...
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EP 071: Former Hindu Finds Jesus – Geeta Chopra’s Story
The Visible Kindness Podcast
In this episode of Visible Kindness, Ed Squire welcomes author, speaker, and entrepreneur Geeta Chopra. Geeta shares her powerful personal journey from Hinduism to Christianity and how encountering Jesus Christ transformed her life. Together they discuss faith, grace, identity in Christ, and the challenges believers face when learning to walk in spiritual freedom. Geeta is the author of Kingdom Mindset: Fulfill Your Destiny and hosts two television programs on the Central New Jersey Network. She also teaches with the Faith Driven Entrepreneur Series and serves on several nonprofit boards....
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EP 070: Pink Socks Life — How a Pair of Socks Became a Global Kindness Movement
The Visible Kindness Podcast
In this episode of Visible Kindness, I sit down with Nick Adkins — co-founder of the global Pink Socks Life movement — to talk about what it really looks like to scale kindness through human connection. Nick shares how saying “yes” to life changed everything after losing his father, how Burning Man helped him reframe what matters, and how a simple pair of pink socks became a global invitation to connect, gift, and truly see one another. We also talk about the difference between connectivity and connection — and why a world flooded with noise is starving for real human presence. Key...
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EP 069: When an Unexpected Act of Kindness Changed Me
The Visible Kindness Podcast
This is a deeply personal story pulled from my journals — a true account of how an unexpected encounter with a child and her mother changed my heart and perspective. It’s about presence. Kindness. And learning how to love without conditions or agenda. This story comes from The Kindness Manifesto, a forthcoming book rooted in faith, healing, and radical kindness. Sometimes the moment you didn’t plan for becomes the one that changes you forever. 📩 Contact: ed@visiblekindness.com 🌱 Learn more: https://visiblekindness.com 🎧 Listen, subscribe, and share your thoughts at Follow...
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EP 068: Ed Squire on Forgiveness, Trauma, and Confronting My Abuser
The Visible Kindness Podcast
In this deeply personal solo episode, I share a story I’ve never told publicly before. I open up about being sexually abused as a child, how that trauma shaped my life for decades, and what happened when I visited my abuser on his deathbed. This is not a story about minimizing pain or bypassing justice. It’s about what forgiveness actually looks like when it’s grounded in truth, faith, and time. In this episode, I also share five biblically grounded insights on healing from trauma, including: – Why forgiveness is an act of obedience, not emotion – How to bring anger honestly into...
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EP 067: Build Instant Confidence Through 'The STORY Hook Method' with Brigham Blackham
The Visible Kindness Podcast
Confidence isn’t something you’re born with — it’s something you communicate. In this episode of the Visible Kindness Podcast, host Ed Squire sits down with Brigham Blackham, an internationally sought-after speaker and trainer known for helping people transform how they communicate — and how they show up in the world. Every year, billions of dollars and countless hours are lost on communication methods that simply don’t work. Brigham challenges those outdated approaches and introduces a powerful storytelling-based framework that helps people build instant confidence, clarity, and...
info_outlineResilience. Authenticity. Connection.
These aren't buzzwords—they're the way Carlyn Shaw lives her life.
In this episode of the Visible Kindness Podcast, Carlyn shares how being diagnosed with MS, losing her best friends, and a traumatic accident that left her toothless didn’t destroy her—they launched her mission.
She’s the founder of Strangers to Friends, and her “Whoever Smiles First Wins” movement is reshaping how people create community in a disconnected world.
We talked about:
✅ The real stories behind our smiles
✅ Turning trauma into a tool for growth
✅ Why human connection is the next frontier of emotional leadership
✅ And how to spark courage in everyday life
If you lead people, speak publicly, or just want to show up more fully in your own life—this is for you.
👇CONNECT WITH CARLYN:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connectwithcarlyn
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlynshaw/
🌐 Website: https://strangerstofriends.com
🌐 Website: https://www.smilesfirstwins.com
🌐 Website: https://onamission.bio/
📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carlyn.shaw1
📸 Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlynshaw/
👇CONNECT WITH ED:
🌐 Website: https://www.visiblekindness.com
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🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@visiblekindness
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