Helen Glanville is more than a survivor—she’s a living example of what it means to overcome, reinvent, and rise stronger after life’s hardest moments. Her journey is rooted in resilience, shaped by service, and driven by a deep passion for helping others navigate crisis with clarity and courage.

A registered nurse with experience in Accident & Emergency departments across New South Wales and years in industrial nursing, Helen understands pressure, trauma, and high-stakes decision-making firsthand. After relocating to South Australia, she boldly reinvented herself—transitioning into public relations and corporate communications, including a decade working within local government and the Defence sector.

In this episode, we explore: ✨ Moving through personal tragedy without being defined by it ✨ Reinventing your career and identity after major life shifts ✨ Applying frontline resilience to leadership and communication ✨ Finding purpose through service in every season of life ✨ Inspiring others by sharing the truth behind survival

Helen’s story is honest, grounded, and deeply encouraging—a reminder that no matter what crisis life throws your way, growth and reinvention are always possible.

If you have been deeply hurt in some way, you know how difficult it is to forgive and move on. You might feel uncertain on what the future holds for you. Today, Helen Glanville shares with us a powerful, deeply personal story of love, loss, and public judgment that led her to a profound truth: faith is the only anchor in uncertainty.

Helen faced intense scrutiny after falling in love with a lawyer involved in one of Australia's most publicized white-collar crimes. She discovered that her survival—and healing—depended on the radical choice to forgive. Helen found peace in prayer, learned to trust God's timing, and witnessed how grace can transform even the hardest circumstances.

We discuss why forgiveness is an act of spiritual courage that offers immediate physical benefits. Did you know that chronic anger and bitterness elevate stress hormones and contribute to long-term health issues? Forgiveness is indeed key to restoring internal peace.

Learn how Helen turned her hardest circumstances into a life of service, co-founding Second Chances SA—a charity helping the families of prisoners. Her journey proves that when life breaks you open, letting that space become service brings the greatest healing, redeeming both purpose and identity.

Topics covered: forgiveness, healing, prisoners families, faith, anchor, service, Gods timing, second chances

This episode originally aired on Where Minds Meet: The Writer Series, presented by Sasha Talks. You can listen to the full podcast and explore more inspiring conversations at www.sashatalks.com Helen Glanville is an Australian author whose debut memoir, A Second Chance, tells the remarkable true story of love, forgiveness and rebuilding after life’s most difficult chapters. When Helen met her husband, Richard “Geoff” Glanville, he was serving time for one of Australia’s most notorious white-collar crimes. Against the odds, they fell in love, married, and went on to build a life centred on honesty, redemption and service to others. She writes with warmth and honesty about resilience, morality and the courage to begin again. Helen's experiences include losing everything in the 2019 bushfires and then finding faith and meaning through each new beginning. Today she speaks about transformation, second chances and the process of turning pain into purpose. Based in Adelaide, Helen continues to share her message that no story is beyond redemption, and that writing can be both a personal and spiritual act of renewal. Credit: Helen Glanville.