Zoë Dearborn is a rock-n-roll poet, expressive arts healer, improvisor, heart & soul revivalist, integrative philosopher, champion for the inside arts, student & teacher of the Self, child of the 70’s and mom in the process of reinventing motherhood.
As a multicreative artist, writer & performer, expressive arts therapist, creativity teacher & coach, Zoë is continually creating and developing her multifaceted approach to living life as art to help people discover their soul’s code and to create an authentic life of meaning that flows from deep, compassionate and creative inner work.
Zoë's Three-Part Mission
to help humans awaken to wholeness by bringing her counseling, expressive arts & meditative practices to as many people as she can
to help artists rediscover their creativity and express their authentic voices
to share with compassion, courage and creativity her own artwork and multifaceted process of self-actualization
Zoë believes
The secret to tapping into the limitless power of human potential is the healing process of becoming all your selves
The expressive arts are a powerful & inspiring way to access and integrate all of one's selves
We need to reweave the arts back into the fabric of our daily lives so that we can uplift our culture from its current state of fear, isolation, shame, apathy, and scarcity towards one of love, connection, acceptance, creativity and abundance.
Training
Zoë holds an MA in Counseling Psychology, with a focus in Expressive Arts Therapy from California Institute of Integral Studies and a BA in Studio Art and East Asian Studies from Oberlin College. Zoë is a certified Yoga Teacher trained at Yandara Yoga Institute and Reiki Practitioner trained with Allison Eaton. She is also a graduate of Tara Moh’r Playing Big Women’s Leadership program.
First Resume: Illustrating Artist Writer Dancer
Zoë also has 6 years of professional training & experience as an actor, improvisor and dancer in New York City, and was a performing member of the improv troupe Awkward Face with Pan Theater in Oakland, California. She was the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for all NYC all woman rock band, Social Service, and started blogging in 2012, with ZOELAB 365, when she committed to a year of breathless, daily multimedia blogging as away to lift herself out of postpartum depression. She continues to blog, sharing her philosophy, the creative process, motherhood and off-the grid living. She is now in the process of reforming her art rock band Zoë & The Mischief with all women.
Since she was a child, Zoë has been dedicated to making art and to helping others make art. She has continuously woven between many art forms, including: photography, graphic design, drawing, film, theater, video, dance, poetry, essays, screenplays, journaling, comedy, songwriting, guitar and singing--and has no plans to specialize.
Todos Santos Community Building
Pre-pandemic Zoë was a community leader in the burgeoning art scene in Todos Santos. She hosted the Todos Santos Open Reading, a monthly event where writers of all types gathered to share their work, as well as host of the legendary Munchies Open Mic, creator of Mariposa Night, a multi-arts event an open community gathering. Zoë was also a founding member of La Baja 100, a community of local emerging and established artists in Todos Santos and a 3 time Co-Creator & Presenter at Women Awakening, an International Women's Summit in Todos Santos, Mexico
Zoë’s Presentations at Women Awakening
2016 - How To Be Your Self by Loving All Your Selves
2017 - The Power of Owning Your Shadow
2018 - The Magic of Singing & Songwriting with Holly Mae Haddock
Classes & Workshops
Zoë taught art journaling and Dance Lab at Modern Elder Academy - the world’s first midlife wisdom school. She also illustrated the coloring book Land of Yet, written by Chip Conley, the founder of MEA, which they also produced and distribute to their students.
Art Journal Lab, Zoë’s self-development class, ran for over 7 years, which combined psychological theory, meditation, journaling, art therapy, imagination and discussion. Zoë also created and taught Dance Lab: Movement Therapy For All Your Selves for six years - a class at Cuatro Vientos - her signature class that combines meditation, movement, imagination, and of course dance!
Zoë also hosted a 3 time online Art Journaling & Blogging Challenge, where hundreds of participants, inspired by Zoë’s prompts and guidance, blogged everyday for a month. She also has an online self-paced online course 31 Days of Deep Creativity available for purchase.
Life As Art in Baja, Mexico
Brooklyn born and bred, Zoë and her California redwoods born husband transplanted to a stunning piece of raw desert in the foothills of the Sierra de Laguna Mountains, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, on the Southern Baja peninsula of Mexico, where they pioneered both a homestead & careers that suited and engage their idiosyncrasies, while raising their wild & kind-hearted Mexican-born son. Eschewing the needs for comfort, ease and certainty, in order to embrace a do-it-yourself life in the desert, with lots of tools (digital & analogue), inspiration and bugs.
Favorite Things
Zoë's greatest loves, besides friends & family, people in general, especially children & even certain dogs, include: passionate & clever indie rock, dance of all varieties, comedy, improvisation, social practice art, fashion & graphic design, true deep stories, sad songs, mythology & Jungian psychology, children’s books, Fisher Price toys, tarot, embracing duality, inspiring documentaries, the open sky, wildflowers, hugs, creative collaborations and elegant theories that connect everything in the universe.
Virtual Home of Love & Art
This website is a testament to the love & creativity, truth & beauty that continuously flows out when we are present and engaged with everyday life, when we are listening both to our inner world of intuition & heart, as well open to the feedback that our environment provides. It is also a record of the creative byproducts of life fully lived. It emphasizes process over perfection. Compassion over judgment. And love over fear. It is a celebration of nature & culture, and their fascinating exchange. It is a form of integration of Zoë's many selves, including especially, the more vulnerable shadow—giving space for expression of both darkness and light, the deepest longings and breakings of the heart.
Working with Zoë
Zoë loves counseling, mentoring, coaching, teaching and collaborating with people of all backgrounds, abilities, ages, sexualities, ethnicities and identities, who are looking to discover their inner purpose, heal their past and re-imagine their future according to the person they were meant to be in this world.
She particularly loves helping people with: identity, gender, healing shame, self love, shadow work, inner child work, authentic spirituality, soul's purpose, self actualization and creativity.
It is never too late to be yourself.
Be All Your Selves.
Zoë would love to hear your story.
Send her an email.