A CREATIVE PATH
BACK TO YOU
Life has a way of pulling us away from ourselves.
Creativity gives us a way back.
RELEASE · RECONNECT · COME ALIVE
HOLISTIC COACHING · HEALING ART · WORKSHOPS · SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS
Virtual + in-person by appointment · Danville, Illinois
Creativity is a return to aliveness.
Want to explore ways to work together?
Begin with a complimentary 30-minute conversation.
Meet Artist of the Soul
Shelley Henk, RN, BSN
Holistic Nurse + Healing Artist
I bring the wisdom of a nurse, the eye of an artist + the heart of a storyteller into my work.
1,000+ Women Served · 25+ Years in Health & Wellness · Best-Selling Co-Author · Featured on PBS
Turning what we carry into color.
SHELLEY’S SIGNATURE CREATIVE PROCESS
ARTFUL STORYWORK™
A guided creative process designed to reconnect you with your God given innate creativity.
Bringing together body · story · art to make what we're carrying visible, see it differently, discover new connections, and create your way forward.
Creativity is the ability to make new + meaningful connections between what already exists.
WAYS TO ARTFUL STORYWORK™ WITH ME
THE SIGNATURE SPIRITUAL PATH
FINDING BEAUTIFUL™
A PILGRIMAGE HOME TO YOUR TRUE SELF.
A Christ-centered spiritual + creative journey rooted in the finished work of Jesus—remembering who you are, reconnecting with the Creator + learning to live from wholeness.
Made in the image of the Creator, you were created to create.
BODY · SOUL · SPIRIT
REMEMBER · RECONNECT · CREATE · COME ALIVE
THE BEAUTIFUL TABLE™
CURATED PAINTING CELEBRATIONS + LIVE EXPRESSIVE PAINTING
Curated painting celebrations designed around your people, story + occasion.
STORIES FROM THE STUDIO
Your life is the ART
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way—things I had no words for.”
— Georgia O’Keeffe
ARTWORK
COMMISSIONED ARTWORK
Stories made visible.
One-of-a-kind original abstract expressive artwork created by Shelley from the stories, sounds, people, places + moments you want to carry forward.
THE EARTH COLLECTION™
Coming Soon
Earth as body. Body as landscape.
Soil · stone · roots · clay · breath.
An original collection exploring what lies beneath the surface—where earth becomes body + body becomes landscape.
A LITTLE CREATIVITY FOR YOUR INBOX.
STUDIO LETTERS
Notes on creativity, spirituality, coming alive, and studio releases.
CREATIVITY IS THE NEW LUXURY.
Time to notice.
Space to feel.
Freedom to wonder.
Permission to make something simply because it makes you come alive.
In a world asking us to consume more, move faster + become more efficient—
creating something with your own hands is a return to yourself.
CREATE MORE. CONSUME LESS.
Come alive to your life.
Scope of Practice
Whole Soul Studio™ offers educational, coaching, creative, and spiritual-growth experiences for personal development and well-being. Artful Storywork™ and Finding Beautiful™ are not psychotherapy or medical treatment and are not intended to diagnose or treat mental health or medical conditions. Shelley's RN background informs her whole-person educational perspective; services offered through Whole Soul Studio are not a substitute for individualized medical or mental-health care.