FIND BEAUTIFUL
Reclaim Wholeness. Restore Vitality. Live Beautifully
Do you long to feel fully known, healed, whole, and alive in your soul?
You’re not alone.
CREATED TO CREATE
How we help:
Whole Soul Studio is a creative wellness studio that creates intentional experiences, practices, and conversations to help you connect with God, listen to your soul, and live more fully in your body, heart, and spirit.
-
A 9 month virtual Christ centered pilgrimage for Women who are ready to come home to their body, soul, and spirit.
-
Personalized Wholeness Coaching
-
A one to one experience where Shelley personally walks you through the three phases of Artful Storywork while you co create a painting together expressing your unique story. Can be done virtually or in person
-
Host your own retreat/workshop or attend one of our scheduled events.
-
Hire Shelley as a Keynote Speaker on topics such as Wholeness, Creativity, and Trauma Informed Mind-Body Transformation
-
Hire Shelley as a Creative Director for whatever project you are bringing to life. This is like hiring an “Artist” or Creative Spirit Led mind to consult and advise on your creative process.
This is your space to restore your body, renew your soul, and revive your spirit so you can
live your beautiful life.
Reconnecting the Head, Heart, & Body.
Release the beliefs, behaviors, and patterns that limit your health, growth, relationships, and purpose.
Discover how to:
Receive truth with clarity and grace
Unlock emotions that have kept you stuck
Untangle the lies that hold you back
Reveal creative pathways to new ways of thinking
Unleash the fullness of your true identity
Nurture your body and brain on a cellular level for holistic healing
Live and lead beautifully as the truest expression of yourself.
Begin your Finding Beautiful™
journey today.
You are usually the Strong ONE but….
Lately You Have Been Feeling:
Disconnected from who you REALLY are...
Worried you've lost yourself...
Unsure what this next chapter of life is about...
Struggling to feel alive and vibrant...
And You're Longing To:
Feel joyful about your life...
Find your purpose again...
To feel alive, connected, vibrant, and whole...
STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION
The tears could not Stop flowing as I was being ministered to and painting my Artful Storywork Painting. My heart was opened and I revisited moments in my life that I never thought I would ever talk about publicly, but it happened. I cannot explain or describe the feeling of restoration and healing that I feel.”
KD Sanders
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
My experience with Shelley has been extraordinary. The depth and sensitivity and knowledge that Shelley brings to the table is exactly what I needed.
Kim LaPilusa
FINDING BEAUTIFUL
School of YOU™
Find Your Beautiful Life
BODY, SOUL, & SPIRIT
A Virtual Creative Wellness “School” Helping You
Reclaim Wholeness. Restore Vitality. Live Beautifully.
A 9 month, Spirit Led, Christ-Centered, Science-grounded, Holistic Healing Pilgrimage guiding women through holistic wellness, nervous system restoration, and creative expression—so you can live the truest, most vibrant, whole, and beautiful version of you.
“The School of YOU is so worth it! Using art to draw my past, seeing what is in my head on canvas in front of me has put an entire new perspective on my life story. I have gone from guarded and defensive, to being at peace and feeling loved by God. I’m ready to create my new story!”
— Jennifer Taylor
Live group sessions with Shelley
1 year access to Member forum + recordings
Transformational creative wellness tools for body, soul, and spirit
“The School of YOU has helped me understand that through that season God was with me, strengthening me, growing me, and leading me into my purpose. I learned how to heal that piece of me, to give myself, grace, love, and forgiveness. I also learned how to give that to others. Shelly‘s God given gift to help women walk out this journey is worth more than its weight in gold. The safe space, her methodology, her wisdom, and her guidance through the Holy Spirit is strong and evident in every lesson. I cannot thank her enough for being God‘s light and bringing me closer to him..”
— Michelle Maxwell
Meet Your Guide
Shelley Henk — Nurse turned “Artist of the Soul”
Founder of Whole Soul Studio™ & Creator of Artful Storywork™
Trauma Thriver
RN, BSN, Certified Whole Health Educator, Certified Therapeutic Artist, Kingdom Minister, Creative DirectorGuiding 1,000+ women to wholeness - featured on PBS "Medical Stories Under Control"Your story deserves to be seen. People who draw their dreams are 42% more likely to achieve them. Artful Storywork™ turns your God sized dream into a tangible, creative roadmap.
Beauty Is Your Birthright & Wholeness Is Your Truth.
— Shelley Henk
APPLY FOR ONE TO ONE COACHING WITH SHELLEY
EXPERIENCE TRANSFORMATION BODY, SOUL, & SPIRIT
Custom Coaching with Shelley
A truly Holistic and Customized Approach
Explore physical, emotional, nutritional, relational, and spiritual aspects of life
About Shelley’s Signature Artful Storywork™
Artful Storywork™ is a Spirit-led process that combines
narrative coaching, creative expression, and guided reflection
to help you find the beauty in your broken story and live a whole, beautiful life.
It unfolds in three layers of transformation, Unearth. Cultivate. Create.
Each step draws you closer to the beauty of who you are — body, soul, and spirit
Artful Storywork™ is for those ready to heal past wounds, release limiting beliefs,
transform, grow, and rediscover the beauty of their true self.
Unearth the Story
Discover the broken stories and limiting beliefs keeping you stuck
2. Cultivate What is True
Exchange the false for your what is true
3. Create What is New
Create what is new from your wholeness and true identity
Who Artful Storywork™ Is For
Anyone ready to heal past wounds, limiting beliefs, or stuck patterns
Those longing to reconnect with their body, soul, and spirit
People seeking a spiritual, holistic, and creative approach to personal growth
Individuals who want tangible outcomes — paintings, tools, insights, and practices that last
Experience a profound transformation where your God-given vision becomes a living masterpiece. Evidence shows that therapeutic art like Shelley’s Artful Storywork can reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and trauma by up to 50%, helping you unlock a life of peace, purpose, and lasting legacy.
What People Are Saying
“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. I am so grateful for her sharing her gifts with the world.”
— Ashton Greer
“Shelley‘s God given gift to help women walk out this journey is worth more than its weight in gold. The safe space, her methodology, her wisdom, and her guidance through the Holy Spirit is strong and evident in every lesson.”
— Michelle Maxwell
“My experience with Shelley as my Whole Soul coach has been extraordinary. The depth and sensitivity and knowledge that Shelley brings to the table is exactly what I needed. She helps me connect dots that needed to be connected. She made me feel accepted and normal and encouraged on my journey.”
— Kim LaPilusa
“Through her teaching, guidance, and encouragement, Shelley helped me reverse my Type 2 diabetes. Proper diet and moderate exercise have resulted in a sustainable change. No medications, and I feel great!”
— Vern Bergkoetter
“She’s not afraid to ask the tough questions that evoke deeper thoughts/emotions and she connects authenticity with others. Her wisdom is beyond her years and I value her guidance in the importance of connecting my body, mind and spirit to live my most abundant life."
— Kim Henry
“Working with Shelley, “Artist of the Soul” was such an incredible way to embrace the darks and the lights of my life and learn how they have complimented one another to create the woman that I am today. The “Finding Beautiful School of YOU” transformed my mess into meaning and left me feeling empowered and proud of who I am."
— Jessica Smith Dos Santos
“For years I’ve searched for someone to help me understand & navigate my history while pushing me to LIVE forward. So many past experiences have walked me through the past, but left me stuck there. Shelley teaches methods to help deal with the triggers, yet keep moving forward so I can honor who I am at my core while acknowledging the feelings and emotions that come along with it. No more suppression. No more numbness."
— Emily Byrnes
“I love how Shelley weaves art, science & spirituality into our broken stories at the Finding Beautiful School of YOU. Helping us bring beauty forth. Shelley guides us past the healing stage, I felt stuck in. Her vision helped me awaken my God sized Dreams & this beautiful Artful StoryWork healed my broken stories. So grateful.”
— Lisa Spokis
“Shelley also helped break off me long held beliefs about God and myself that relegated me to believing I would always be last to receive. What a joy for that thinking to be gone! In just two short hours burdens, limiting beliefs, and some “stinking’ thinkin’ I didn’t even know I had was destroyed! Not only does Shelley know what she is doing she makes you feel that the most important thing she has to do at that moment is be in front of you. It was an amazing experience!”
— Dan Thomas
RETREATS & IMMERSIONS
EXPERIENCE REST, RENEWAL, & REVIVAL OF SOUL
Come to one of our scheduled retreats
Plan a retreat or immersion at your location
Plan a private experience just for you.
“Shelley brought powerful insights into our emotions and their importance in our healing journey. She encouraged us to tell our stories to gain freedom and healing from the past. We gained valuable understanding into trauma’s affects upon our neurobiology and how it effects the way we see and interact in our lives.”
—Michelle Harding, Sr. Leader Church of the King, Easton, MD
HIRE SHELLEY TO SPEAK & BRING ARTFUL STORYWORK TO YOUR ORGANIZATION
CORPORATE & CHURCH OFFERINGS
Inspire Your Leaders & Improve The Wellbeing of the People You Serve
Motivate your team with something fun and transformational
Bring Trauma Informed Emotional Wellness to your organization
Care for the Body & Soul of your people
“Shelley helps you realize through her past experiences, that you too can bust through the barrier of pain and see suffering and see with beauty and purpose. She shares how looking backward to unearth your story allows you to let go and embrace forgiveness, love, and purpose."
— Katie Hurley
“Shelley Henk has helped me go from “hot mess” to finding my joy with purpose and passion! She has helped me rewrite my story learning to love who I once was and focus on who God created me to be. Helping me awaken to new possibilities, gain clarity on the future I want to create and empowering me take action to live an abundant and beautiful future!"
— Andrea Farrell
“Shelley brought powerful insights into our emotions and their importance in our healing journey. She encouraged us to tell our stories to gain freedom and healing from the past. We gained valuable understanding into trauma’s affects upon our neurobiology and how it effects the way we see and interact in our lives.”
—Michelle Harding, Sr. Leader Church of the King, Easton, MD
Shelley’s Four Elements of Wholeness™ Framework
A Step by Step Path to Reclaim Wholeness and Find Your Beautiful Life.
FEEL → HEAL → DREAM → CREATE
Each step transforms stress into rest, fracture into beauty, confusion into creativity, and disconnection into wholeness.
By the end, you don’t just discover yourself—you become the truest, most whole expression of you.
Why choose WHOLE SOUL STUDIO
-
Shelley has been a Nurse and witnessed humanities hardest moments. This has given her a compassion and grit that is hard to come by. Shelley has been an Artist and Creative her entire life, and speaks the language of the body, emotions, and intuition fluently.
-
Shelley considers all the parts of you and your life through a trauma informed lens. She understands the Science and the Spiritual side of life. Seeing them as interconnected. She considers your cellular health as well as your soul health. This is very hard to find.
-
Shelley’s work is guided by her personal experiences, not just her credentials. She has experienced many traumatic events, lost her health and wholeness, and regained it holistically. She operates as a guide to wholeness, and believes your story is the medicine.
-
Shelley’s work is not clinical, it is an Art. Art, Story, and Spirit are the medicine she carries.
-
Wounds are not seen as a problem to be fixed but as the very place where transformation breaks open. While your past is important to giving us clues to your wholeness path, it is not the focus of our work, we are focused on forward growth and helping you create a live you love.
-
People who draw or paint their dreams and goals are forty two percent more likely to achieve them.
-
All of Shelley’s work is guided by the Holy Spirit. While she does not force her beliefs on others, her faith is the inspiration for everything she does.
Common Questions:
-
Yes, much of our work is done virtually, but we do have some in person offerings as well
-
No, Shelley works with you to create a custom approach to your wholeness
-
No, in fact the less you know about traditional Art the more fun you will probably have.
-
No, you do not although you can. Artful Storywork is designed to help you release your story from the body, so if you are not ready to use words, you can just use paint. If you want to use words but keep them to yourself, you can. This is were Artful Storywork shines, the paper or canvas can be a witness and a mirror.
-
We service central IL and support people virtually. Travel is possible.
-
Do to the nature of our work being deeply personal and often custom, we require a consultation to make sure working together is a good.
Unless there is a direct link to reserve your spot on the website.
-
While Shelley holds credentials as an RN, BSN, Certified Whole Health Educator/Coach, Patient Advocate, Enneagram Relationship Coach, Kingdom Minister, and Therapeutic Artist. Shelley’s work is purely educational, spiritual, and transformational. Her methods were mainly birthed from her own personal experience of restoring her wholeness and from working with over 1,000 clients to achieve health.
-
Yes we do
-
No, even though Shelley holds credentials, her work is creative not clinical. Therefore, insurance will not cover this service.
-
No, you do not.
Contact Us
Interested in working together? Fill out some info and we will be in touch shortly. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Disclaimer
The services, programs, and creative practices offered through Whole Soul Studio, including Artful Storywork™, are for educational, personal growth, and creative expression purposes only. They are not a substitute for medical, psychological, or mental health treatment. Always consult with your physician or qualified health provider regarding any physical or mental health concerns. Participation in coaching, retreats, or creative sessions is voluntary, and results may vary based on individual effort, readiness, and circumstances.