Justin Osmond

Leading motivational speaker, author, producer and humanitarian, Justin Osmond is best known as being the 2nd son of Merrill & Mary Osmond. Speaking about his struggles with deafness and the challenges he had to overcome, Justin uses his story to motivate and inspire his audiences to overcome their own adversities. Having led an extraordinary life, Justin was initially born deaf, and grew up living with 90% hearing loss. The pressure and expectation of being an Osmond and son of lead singer of the Osmond Family, one of the most well-known and popular families in the world, Justin struggled with the challenge of deafness. However, he never gave up, taking on the challenge to be able to do what his other family members can do: musically perform.

After 12 years of intense speech/listening therapy, he can now speak with passion and hear with conviction. There were many obstacles and challenges that represented stumbling blocks, despair and lack of hope. But his will-power, determination, desire, and hope surpassed all hurdles that stood in his way. Despite his struggles with hearing loss, Justin pressed forward and went on to learn how to play the violin, viola, piano, and drums. Thus, he has received numerous awards including the prestigious sterling scholarship in music, academic scholarships, honorary achievements, and many athletic titles in soccer, football, basketball, and track. He is also proud to represent the Boy Scouts of America as an Eagle Scout and he currently has his (MBA) Masters in Business Administration.

Justin currently runs the Olive Osmond Hearing Fund, a charity that helps deaf & hard of hearing children around the world with the gift of hearing. Recently, he challenged himself to an impossible feat of running 250 miles in just 7 days in order to raise awareness and funding in honour of his Grandmother Olive, and to help raise funding for hearing devices for 25 deaf children. It's been his hardest challenge to date, but also the most rewarding.

Many life lessons were learned and applied as he trained for and completed this solo run and felt the love and support from others. He also directs and operates a production company called O2 Events & Productions, as well as authoring a number of books. Justin makes a superb motivational speaker, with the ability to inspire and motivate his audience members with incredibly powerful and thought-provoking messages of positivity. During his talks, Justin shares his experiences, obstacles and challenges, and how he overcome these things to be where he is now. As a result of his incredible speeches, Justin has been asked to feature at a number of prestigious events and conferences, including internationally recognised speaker organisation, TEDx.