JoBeth Polley
JoBeth Polley is a certified grief recovery specialist who helps others navigate loss with faith, compassion, and practical tools. After losing her husband to brain cancer, she turned her own pain into purpose by walking with others through grief. JoBeth lives on a farm in Arkansas with her family and believes healing is possible when we make space for both sorrow and hope.
Chapter Eight: The Life I Never
Thought I’d Have To Live
In “The Life I Never Thought I’d Have to Live,” JoBeth Polley traces a love story and a series of losses. She shares her journey of creating a beautiful life with her husband Travis while navigating an infertility struggle that left her unable to have children. After adopting two children, Travis was diagnosed with a glioblastoma cancer in 2021 that would eventually take his life a short year later. Jobeth shares her story of navigating profound loneliness, disappearing support, and strained faith ties as she raises kids on their farm in Arkansas. Over time she remarries, encounters Christ in a new way, forms deeper friendships, and reframes loss as choice and invitation. She began training as a grief-recovery specialist and encourages readers to find small, daily good and keep moving.
Listen To JoBeth’s Podcast Here:
Episode 41: Grieving the Unexpected: Infertility,
Widowhood, and the Power of Choosing Healing
Read Jobeth’s Story In The
Empowered Grief Journey
Discover JoBeth’s story and 22 others inside The Empowered Grief Journey. A collection of voices who have faced the depths of loss and emerged transformed.
Through raw, heart-centered storytelling and deep reflection, each author shares how grief became their greatest teacher guiding them toward acceptance, resilience, and empowerment.
These stories remind us that grief is not something to escape, but a journey that awakens us to deeper wisdom, presence, and personal truth. Within these pages, you’ll find hope, reassurance, and the quiet strength that comes from choosing to live fully, even after loss.
Whether you are grieving a loved one or rediscovering yourself after change, this book will meet you where you are and invite you to rise, rebuild, and reconnect with your own inner power.
Join The Empowered Grief Collective
Continue the conversation with others readers by joining our community of grievers from across the world.
Connect with others who truly understand grief & loss
Additional grief resources to support you between the pages
Live webinars on healing, coping, and self‑discovery
Zoom calls with grief coaches for real‑time support
Your story matters. Your healing matters.
You don’t have to walk this road alone.
The Empowered Grief Journey Podcast
This podcast is your dedicated space for healing and transformation.
Each episode brings real conversations with people around the
world who have navigated grief and discovered the strength
to create inspiring new beginnings.
You’ll discover how to walk from loss to empowerment through
powerful storytelling and actionable insights that will
guide you towards a future filled with courage and hope.
