Finding Beautiful: The Year of Return
Peace you can feel.
For the woman who has been strong for too long.
A year-long private formation pilgrimage
for women who have been strong for too long.
Your life works.
You are capable.
Faithful.
Respected.
But your body is still braced.
You have carried much.
You have adapted brilliantly.
Strength kept you safe.
But it is no longer the whole story.
Finding Beautiful: Year of Return
A Private Year of Formation
A year-long pilgrimage restoring embodied peace, sovereign identity, and courageous calling.
Only six women are received annually.
This is not coaching.
Not therapy.
Not a course.
It is structured identity integration.
Not therapy. Not self-improvement. Not Art Class.
Not a program, A pilgrimage home
Guided by Shelley Henk, RN, BSN
Neuroscience-informed formation guide
Creator of Artful Storywork™
Shelley works at the intersection of nervous system science and Christian spiritual formation, guiding strong women into embodied wholeness and peaceful authority.
At the end of this year, you will:
• Experience felt peace and settled strength in your body
• Lead and make decisions without the inner critic driving you
• Set boundaries without guilt or defensiveness
• Discern God’s direction with calm authority
• Live from union rather than urgency
• Create from identity instead of proving
The Method: Artful Storywork™
Artful Storywork™ is a neuroscience-informed, embodied formation process integrating story, nervous system renewal, therapeutic art, and union-based identity formation.
Rather than analyzing your life from the outside, it allows the body to participate in truth — restoring what survival fragmented without clinical excavation or spiritual hype.
Strength is not dismantled here.
It is integrated.
Pressure is not suppressed.
It is metabolized.
Identity is not reinvented.
It is restored.
Artful Storywork Formation unfolds through four 12-week movements:
FEEL — Nervous system stabilization and embodied awareness
HEAL — Integration of adaptive survival strength
DREAM — Discernment of identity and calling
CREATE — Commissioning into courageous expression
This is structured formation — not inspirational coaching.
Your Year Unfolds in Four Movements
The Four Elements of Wholeness™
A structured, high-touch, 1:1 container — held slowly, on purpose.
FEEL
Stabilize. Listen. Notice what your body has carried.
HEAL
Integrate survival-shaped strength through guided Artful Storywork™.
DREAM
Recover desire and imagination. Reclaim what God placed within you.
CREATE
Step into embodied, sovereign expression rooted in union.
This is gestational formation.
Slow. Intentional. Deeply personal.
Covenant, not consumption.
Transformation
What changes most is not your life.
It’s your inner life.
And when your inner life changes, everything else reorganizes around it.
Before
Externally steady.
Internally braced.
Responsible.
Capable.
Over-carrying.
Peace as theology — not embodiment.
After
Grounded.
Integrated.
Rested in God.
Soft without weakness.
Authoritative without pressure.
Peace you can feel.
You stop proving.
You begin creating.
“Anxiety no longer controls me.
I learned how to listen to what my body was communicating and integrate it instead of suppressing it.”
— Chris, Business Owner
This pilgrimage is for you if…
You’ve been the strong one for a long time
You’re spiritually mature, but something feels misaligned
You’ve done “growth work,” yet still feel divided
You don’t want therapy — but you do want integration
You want faith and nervous system wisdom braided, not separated
You’re ready for a sacred crossing, not a quick fix
This is not for you if…
You want a program to “optimize” your life
You want a fast breakthrough without a formed process
You’re looking for group emotional processing
You’re not willing to be gently, steadily accompanied for a year
What’s included
Finding Beautiful is a 12-month private formation pilgrimage including:
Weekly one-to-one formation sessions
Guided Artful Storywork™ integration
Nervous system-informed education (grounded, accessible)
Union-based theological formation
Written integration guides and practices
Optional embodied rites of passage (in-person or privately integrated)
Enrollment is limited.
Full-year commitment required.
Tuition: $10,800.
Meet Shelley
I’m Shelley Henk, RN, BSN — a neuroscience-informed formation guide and the Creator of Artful Storywork™.
This work exists because strength almost cost me my wholeness.
I didn’t call it trauma. I called it discipline.
But my body eventually spoke what I had normalized.
Finding Beautiful was born from integrating holistic health science, therapeutic art, and a deeper awakening to union with Christ — not becoming someone new, but returning to who I had always been beneath the bracing
Words women have used
“I feel peace in my body for the first time in years.”
“It healed parts of me I didn’t know were wounded.”
“I’m still strong — but now I’m settled.”
Begin the Discernment Process
We begin with a private, 60-minute conversation.
No pressure.
No performance.
No immediate decision required.
A calm space to discern whether this sacred crossing is yours — and whether I’m the right steward for it.
Begin a Private Discernment Conversation
Peace you can feel. · Embodied sovereignty. · A pilgrimage home.
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.
Contact Us
Interested in working together for something other than the Finding Beautiful School of YOU? Shelley would love to explore any creative ideas you have to bring Artful Storywork to you or the people you serve. Fill out some info and we will be in touch shortly. We can’t wait to hear from you!