A CREATIVE WELLNESS STUDIO BLENDING SCIENCE WITH SOUL

RELEASE. RECONNECT.

FIND BEAUTY.

Helping women navigating loss and change release what they've carried, reconnect with who God created them to be, and find beauty in the life they have.

Creative wellness is the practice of using creativity to care for the whole person - body, heart, mind, and spirit.

Your story isn't over.

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

SHELLEY HENK, RN, BSN

Creative Wellness Educator
Creator of Artful Storywork™

I didn't just want to understand what happened. I wanted to heal.

After losing my dad to suicide and later becoming sick myself, I spent years searching for answers—studying whole-person health, trauma, the brain and body, faith, and healing.

But I discovered that knowing why I hurt wasn't the same as healing from it.

I needed something that reached beyond my mind—to my body, heart, and spirit.

When words weren't enough, I turned to the canvas.

That journey became Artful Storywork™.

ARTFUL STORYWORK™

Where body, art, story & Spirit meet.

Artful Storywork™ is a Spirit-led creative wellness practice that brings together body-based artmaking, story, and spiritual guidance to make what's happening beneath the surface visible.

Informed by whole-person health, somatic awareness, and the growing field of neuroarts, Artful Storywork™ recognizes that our experiences involve more than our thoughts. Creativity gives us another way to notice, express, and explore what we're carrying.

No art experience required.

ONE CANVAS · THREE SIMPLE STEPS

UNEARTH

See what's beneath the surface.

CULTIVATE

Tend what becomes visible.

CREATE

Create what comes next.

ONE TO ONE

PRIVATE ARTFUL STORYWORK™

Bring what feels tangled.

A private 90-minute Artful Storywork™ session to help you explore what you're carrying, bring what's beneath the surface into view, and discover what you need next.

$247

Body · Art · Story · Spirit-Led Guidance

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THE SIGNATURE JOURNEY

FINDING BEAUTIFUL™

A 12-month Christ-inspired creative journey for women navigating loss and change—using Artful Storywork™ to find greater peace, reconnect with your true identity, and create what comes next.

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FOR ORGANIZATIONS + CHURCHES

CREATIVE FACILITATION

Help your people see what they couldn't see before.

Creative experiences for organizations, teams, and churches that make space for deeper conversation, new perspectives, and meaningful change.

WORK WITH SHELLEY

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 random acts of beauty.

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ARTIFACTS OF HEALING

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