A BODY, SOUL, SPIRIT RESTORATION STUDIO

WHOLE SOUL STUDIO

HEAL FROM WHAT HAPPENED.

Find beauty in the life you have.

Artful Storywork™ helps women navigating loss and change work with what words alone can't always reach—so they can heal, reconnect with themselves and God, and move forward.

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

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

SHELLEY HENK, RN, BSN

Nurse · Artist · Storyteller · Speaker
Creator of Artful Storywork™

I wanted more than an understanding of what happened. I wanted to heal.

After losing my dad to suicide, I spent years 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 healing 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™

When words aren't enough, there is another way to heal.

Artful Storywork™ uses body-based creativity, story, and Spirit-led prayer to bring what's happening beneath the surface into view.

Instead of only talking about what happened, you give it color, shape, texture, and form.

What was inside you is now in front of you.

The canvas becomes a mirror.

You can see it. Explore it. Tend it. And discover another way forward.

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

ONE CANVAS · THREE SIMPLE STEPS

UNEARTH · CULTIVATE · CREATE

UNEARTH

See what's beneath the surface.

CULTIVATE

Tend what needs healing.

CREATE

Create what comes next.

Artful Storywork™ moves through the whole person:

BODY → HEART → MIND → SPIRIT

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Bring what feels tangled.

A private 90-minute Artful Storywork™ session to help you work through what you're carrying, uncover what's beneath the surface, and discover what you need next.

$247

Body · Art · Story · Prayer

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THE SIGNATURE JOURNEY

FINDING BEAUTIFUL™

A creative path to healing through loss and change.

A 12-month journey using Artful Storywork™ to help you work through what you've experienced, reconnect with yourself and God, and begin creating what comes next.

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

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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.

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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

HEAL. FIND BEAUTY. LIVE WHOLE.

Your story isn't over.

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