Hi, I’m Shelley

I’m a trauma-informed Therapeutic Artist/Coach, Registered Nurse (RN, BSN), Kingdom Minister, Whole Health Educator, and the creator of Artful Storywork™.

I guide women in expressing what their body has been carrying—so their story can begin to shift from the inside out.

Because what your body is holding cannot be changed through understanding alone. There is something deeper… something within you that has been waiting to be seen, felt, and expressed.

After working as an acute care nurse and losing my father to suicide, my own body began carrying a depth of grief I didn’t yet have words for. As a nurse and a woman of faith, I turned to both the medical system and the Church—but neither could fully reach what I was holding.

And that’s when something began to unfold.

I realized you can understand your story… and still feel it living in your body. Because what is held within you doesn’t shift through insight alone—it needs somewhere to go.

Through guided creative expression, I now help women gently bring into the light what has been held in the dark—so it can be seen, released, and no longer carried alone.

You don’t need art skills. You don’t need the right words. Just a space where your story can finally have somewhere to land.

This isn’t about creating something beautiful.
It’s about making space for what is true.