About Me
Life transitions can be challenging. The good news is there are things that we can do to help individuals of all ages successfully manage these life transitions.
After a 20-year corporate career, I transitioned to a career in higher education, instructing business courses. Following a desire to more fully meld my business background with higher education, I earned my Educational Leadership Ph.D. in August 2019, having researched transitions and emerging adults (think young adults), exploring how to successfully support students throughout college and early career life transitions.
Beyond pursuing a career in higher education, it is my desire to support and encourage others. In responding to this calling, I began consulting in 2013, with a rollout of a rebranded Shelly Bartosek Consulting in late 2019. But my inner voice continued speaking to me, challenging me to do more, and has begun to reveal itself beyond any dream I had previously dared to dream. In the process of embarking upon a new adventure, re-framing consultant into a facilitator, I enrolled in the Sedona Women’s Institute Facilitator Training program and renamed my consulting business to –
Circle of Self Discovery
I curate retreats and workshops for women, who like myself, are navigating the seasons of life. I know your life is full of chaos and you hardly have any time for yourself. That’s my life!
Circle of Self Discovery is all about providing space for you to THRIVE | BLOOM | FLOURISH — Embracing the seasons of your life, celebrating the very individual journey of living as experienced and valued by you.


Programming and Workshops
Providing inspiring, transformational retreats and programs since 2020. Customized, small group retreats, weekends, and workshops.
Also available, a personalized, private retreat designed just for you and your special group.

Professional Consulting
Supporting Educators and Employers envisioning tomorrow’s workforce. Qualitative Researcher specializing in Emerging Adult Theory and Transition Theory.

Success Coaching
Uniquely curated one-on-one Transition Success Coaching

Adventure Programs
Filling weekends and longer with adventures, domestic and international.


Credentials
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Educational Leadership, Higher Education
- Master of Business Administration (MBA) Management
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), Management
- Sedona Women’s Institute, Facilitator Certification
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- Leadership Midland, 2014
- Great Lakes Bay Institute for Leaders, 2015, Ambassador
Proven Experience
- Founder, Owner, Lead Success Coach – Shelly Bartosek Circle of Self Discovery
- Instructor, Lecturer II – Central Michigan University
- Consultant – St. Michael’s Learning Academy
- Six Sigma Implementation Team – Dow Chemical
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”
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Shine on and keep flourishing