Joan Brock relates thoughts and feelings in her amazing story about coping with life and its challenges. She moves listeners through tears and laughter with a focus on facing challenges with courage and humor.

With a degree in recreational therapy, Joan¹s professional career began at a correctional facility and mental health hospital. She then served in several capacities at a state school for blind children, including Certified Braillist and public speaker to educate audiences about visual impairment.

Joan¹s courageous story hits home when she explains that she lost her sight in less than three weeks because of a rare disease, ironically while working at the school for blind children. Five years later she lost her spouse to cancer, becoming a widowed, disabled parent in her thirties.

A mother, speaker and author with a new husband, Joan shares thoughts and feelings as she tackles the world in a "differently abled" manner. Joan has accelerated her career in public speaking nationally, including the prestigious Million Dollar Round Table in 1993, as well as international engagements. The audience is spellbound as she tailors her speeches to their focus. Joan Brock shows there's "More Than Meets the Eye" through presentations, tapes and a book published by HarperCollins in 1994. In 2002, she was featured in a book called "Believing in Ourselves" which captures the stories of 35 women who overcame challenges in their lives to become the women they are today.