A BODY, SOUL, SPIRIT RESTORATION STUDIO

FIND BEAUTY

Helping women heal, find beauty, and live whole.

Artful Storywork™ helps women work through trauma, loss, change, and emotional upheaval; uncover patterns keeping them stuck; strengthen whole-person health; and build resilience for what comes next.

Christ-Centered · Whole-Person · Creative · Spirit-Led

Begin Finding Beautiful

1,000+ Women Served · 25+ Years in Health & Wellness · Best-Selling Co-Author · Featured on PBS

SHELLEY HENK, RN, BSN

Nurse · Whole Health Educator · Artist · Storyteller

I bring the wisdom of a nurse, the eye of an artist, and the heart of a storyteller into my work.

For more than 25 years, I've studied and worked at the intersection of whole-person health, the brain and body, behavior, story, faith, and creativity—learning to look beneath the surface and see the whole person.

The Kintsugi
of the Spirit.

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of restoring broken pottery with lacquer and precious metal, allowing the repaired seams to remain visible rather than disguising them. The history of the vessel becomes part of its beauty.

We do not believe you are broken.

We believe life leaves its marks.

Loss. Love. Disappointment. Relationships. Beginnings and endings. The things we chose and the things we never would have chosen.

Like the ancient art of kintsugi, we don't believe these places need to be hidden or erased. They can become part of the beauty of a life being restored.

Whole Soul Studio brings together whole-person wisdom, story, faith, and creativity to make the invisible visible, restore what life has fragmented, and create something beautiful from what has been.

Your history is not something to erase.

It becomes part of the art of becoming whole.

Body. Soul. Spirit.

Made whole.

THE ARTFUL STORYWORK™ METHOD

I developed Artful Storywork™ because sometimes words alone aren't enough.

Artful Storywork™ is a Christ-centered, whole-person practice blending body-based creative practices, narrative coaching, and Spirit-led prayer to make what's happening beneath the surface visible.

Instead of relying on words alone, we pay attention to what is happening in the body and emotions, give it form through color, shape, texture, and movement, explore the stories, beliefs, and patterns connected to it, and create space for the Holy Spirit to bring truth, perspective, and insight.

The canvas becomes a mirror.

It can help you:

recognize emotional and body-based patterns
uncover stories and beliefs shaping your life
make connections you may not have seen before
gain perspective and clarity
move toward greater resilience and wholeness

The art isn't the point. What becomes visible is.

DISCOVER ARTFUL STORYWORK™

THE PATH

THE FOUR ELEMENTS OF WHOLENESS™

FEEL · HEAL · DREAM · CREATE

A whole-person path for healing and moving forward.

EARTH — FEEL · Listen to your body & emotions.
WATER — HEAL · Tend what has been wounded.
WIND — DREAM · Imagine what could still be.
FIRE — CREATE · Faithfully create what comes next.

Feel what is. Heal what was. Dream what could be. Create what comes next.

THE SIGNATURE JOURNEY

FINDING BEAUTIFUL™

HEAL · FIND BEAUTY · LIVE WHOLE

A Christ-centered, Spirit-led creative healing journey for women navigating trauma, loss, change, and emotional upheaval.

A Journey through the

Four Elements of Wholeness™

12-month guided journey
32 creative practices
4 Artful Storywork™ experiences
Monthly live Studio Gatherings
Four seasonal guides
Supportive community
One-to-one support from Shelley

Grieve what was.
Find beauty in what remains.
Faithfully create what comes next.

Explore Finding Beautiful

NEED HELP WITH SOMETHING SPECIFIC?

PRIVATE ARTFUL STORYWORK™

Bring what feels tangled.

A private 90-minute, Spirit-led session to help you uncover what's beneath the surface, see your situation from a new perspective, and find clarity about what comes next.

$247

Body · Art · Story · Prayer

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ARTIFACTS

RESTORATION ART™

Stories made visible.

Original and commissioned artwork created from the stories, people, places, memories, and meaning we carry.

Original Art · Story Commissions · Collaborative Works

Restoration Art

STORIES FROM THE STUDIO

What happens when we begin to see differently.

“Shelley has extraordinary gifts of wisdom, creative expression, and truthful compassion

She will guide you through your story in safety and help you find clarity. My time with her exceeded any expectations and the outcome is invaluable. I see my story clearly now and I am better equipped to move forward and make beauty from ashes.” Ashton Greer
“Finding Beautiful is exactly what Shelley helped me do in my life.

It was actually many small shifts in my perspective that led me to see where my life was already beautiful and to define what I wanted to create more of.” — Jessica Smith
“Shelley is engaging, caring, and compassionate.

Her passion for wholeness was contagious and we still find ourselves talking about the information she shared with us.”
— Michelle Harding, Sr. Leader, Church of the King
“Shelley helped break off me long held beliefs about God and myself…”

“I was amazed at how expertly she made inquiries that helped me think about not only what happened to me, but what was my thought process when those events happened...” D. Thomas

A LETTER FROM THE STUDIO

Stories about life, faith, healing, and the beauty we find along the way.

Join the Studio Letters

FOR ORGANIZATIONS + CHURCHES

CREATIVE FACILITATION

Make the invisible visible.

Creative experiences that help teams, churches, and organizations uncover what's beneath the surface, see one another differently, and create meaningful change.

WORK WITH SHELLEY

FOR AUDIENCES

SPEAKING

Sometimes one new perspective changes everything.

Through story, creativity, and whole-person insight, I help audiences look beneath the surface, see the whole picture, and discover new possibilities for how they live, lead, and relate.

STORY · PERSPECTIVE · WHOLE-PERSON INSIGHT · TRANSFORMATION