In April of 2022, legendary valley broadcaster Pat McMahon recently interviewed  me for his “Let Me Introduce You.” segment on the Arizona Daily Mix, the Phoenix AZTV Channel 7. Special thanks to Kelly Lieberman.

On August 2 to 22, 2020 Joan was honored to be one of 26 speakers interviewed for the Thrive Through Life  Changes Global Event. The host, Jennifer Heard, is a professional Organizer and she spoke with  international  speakers, authors and experts in the field of dealing with change and challenge. Below is a link to Joan’s interview. If you   missed it, or if you know someone that might benefit by listening to this talk, please feel free to share this and pass it along.

THEY MADE A MOVIE OF HER LIFE!

Laced with humor, Joan’s presentations inspire you to see the beautiful, funny and remarkable adventures that happen in our lives every day. Joan’s presentations will give you the tools to experience life through all of your senses.

At the age of 32, Joan Brock suddenly lost her sight from a rare eye disease, in a three week period…WHILE working at a school for blind children. Five years later she tragically lost her husband to cancer and was left to raise her young daughter as a blind, single parent.

In her presentations, attendees will see parallels to their own challenges. Joan’s topics explore the vision of success, which must be shared by all the members of an effective and enduring organization. Her sparkling delivery and original style endear her to audiences who are charmed into a new way of looking at themselves and into breathing new life into the demands of a changing world climate.

Joan is the author of Two books. Her newest release, Come to Your Senses, is a guide to using all of your senses in order to assist you in leading a positive and productive life. Her autobiography, More Than Meets the Eye, written with Derek L. Gill, was originally published in 1994. It has been translated into several languages and is also a Reader’s Digest Condensed Books. Both books are available wherever books are sold, at her conferences and a personalized copy can be delivered through an order form on this web site.

Over time, Joan has been featured in many books, sharing her story of hope and courage. Most recently author Clifford E. Olstrom included Joan in his amazing book, Undaunted by Blindness. This publication is a concise list of Biographies of Four Hundred People Who Refused to Let Visual Impairment Define Them. She was also included in a coffee table book as one of 35 inspirational women in America, titled Believing in Ourselves.

In 2003, Joan’s amazing life story was portrayed
in a Lifetime Television Network movie, titled
More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story.

More Than Meets the Eye

The Story of a remarkable life and a transcending love

Joan Brock seems to have the perfect life: a deep faith in God, a happy marriage, a beautiful young daughter, and a satisfying career teaching blind students how to adapt to a seeing world. Then Joan’s own eyesight begins to fail due to a rare and an incurable condition. Her world becomes shrouded in shadows, where familiar objects, such as an out-of-place chair or a door left ajar, prove perilous. As Joan struggles to adapt to her new reality, she receives another harsh blow: her husband is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

How can I do this alone? She wonders. What will happen to my daughter?

More Than Meets the Eye is the powerful story of meeting hardships head-on with resilience and a resolute faith that turns sorrow into joy and tragedy into triumph. It is also a story of unexpected romance.

Order More Than Meets the Eye on Amazon: 

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Also available at Apple, B&N, Kobo, and Google Books

Order Come to Your Senses on Amazon:

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FOR AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY of one or both books, please print and fill out the pdf form and send to:

Joan Brock
5150 N. Stonehouse Pl.
Tucson, AZ. 85750

“In thirty years of conducting FRA Annual Meetings Joan Brock’s presentation stands out as the most meaningful and inspiring program we have ever booked with an outside the industry speaker. Those joint FRA/PFA members who heard Joan speak at our Annual Meeting will agree with my praise, and those members who attended the OFA Annual Meeting quickly grasped why I feel the way I do about Joan Brock. Simply put she is a remarkable woman. You will never forget her story.” – Forest Resources Association President Richard Lewis

“Joan is one of the most powerful speakers I have listened to and know that the approximate two thousand people in attendance with me were touched by her emotional message…
Though her story fits perfectly with the educator world, I would recommend her for any speaking venue.” – Mr. Micah Lewis, Superintendent, Liberty-Eylau Independent School District, Texarkana, Texas