We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Draya Love, MBA. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Draya below.
Draya, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Do you think your parents have had a meaningful impact on you and your journey?
My mom and dad. So grateful. Kathy & Steve, married 55 years this year. Love them and I am so happy to be part of the journey. Life is wild but, my parents lead with love and did the best they could. They have taught me so many lessons and continue to do so. My momma with a career background in Human Resources Management at FMC and my dad a career at Intel as a Marketing Executive in the early days (he worked with the Andy Grove and all the execs).
I was and am so lucky to be raised with such business acumen and expertise, seriously.
Being from the Silicon Valley, we have really been through the progression of technology to many variations!
We discuss the magic of the older days with the blend and ease of the digital world today.
Their impact is funny as my degrees are in Business both Human Resources and Marketing as I am a blend.
We talk business weekly.
So, let’s talk recently. My dad and I talk all the time and I tell him he is my business advisor.
He and I have developed this piece of magic we call the ‘Money shot, brain dump”… We have a few names as there are variations but….. we were organizing my business projects from a monetarily and energetic place and we came up with the coolest graph to simply understand it all.
So I have a great product to help people manage their life from the chaos in their head to a workable graph they can see and track progress easily. Its a huge offering for my clients and something I use personally, weekly. It is so fun to create.
I am grateful for my parents guidance.
And my blend of who they are to me and how that energy has balanced me.
Impact. Regularly.
Draya, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
With a rich history in business and life, and the business of my life, Draya Love was born. Through health concerns that no one had the answer for, I had to learn to do things differently.
Through life and relationship shifts, I was forced to be more productive with my energy and my time.
The Story.
My wake up call.
how it started to reveal itself with time.
First through my body and illness then my life and the unwinding of what was true for me.
Deep self care and restoration became my main focus and priority.
The journey, experiencing & decoding the many layers.
Then, how we move through them before we knew better
and now that we do know better.
What are we doing differently.
What has your wake up call surfaced as?
Our lives are so intelligent. So brilliantly designed.
Taking us through a series of events that will show us
what we need to do, if we listen.
Many of us don’t understand the circumstances or lessons to be of any actual value, but they are teachers in what we aren’t dealing with. Things will come up to cleanse our lives, bodies and minds from energies that aren’t serving us. This can come in the form of a wake up call that is here ultimately to lead us back to ourselves.
It can be a gradual progression of things that we knew needed attention or… a big experience that left you with no choice.
Not typically comfortable, fun or cute.
These wake up calls can be confusing while we are in them and trying to pick apart what happened
& what is happening.
About 10 years ago, mine began with a diagnosis of Lupus and Fibromyalgia. Eventually taking me out of my ‘Executive Corporate Career’ and much of what I knew as my identity.
My home life changed as well
I had a lot to un-ravel; everything I knew was about to change.
and quickly.
This time was extremely complicated for me. I was coming out of the Matrix mentality of Corporate career and life in suburbia.
I had to allow things to unfold so I could start putting it back together.
My life, my body and my past. What was mine, what was others. Energy. Boundaries. How to manage. There was so much revelation at that time.
My process of ‘Energetic Unpacking’.
I had to see what I wasn’t seeing & that only comes with the journey.
This took a number of years and required me addressing many things. The next layer of wake up started to take me down a rabbit hole of information. This led to some serious self empowerment and awareness. Scaring many and loosing lots of people during this time.
Connection became my friend.
Feeling desperate for answers and whys about so many things, I craved truth. I found this through a deep connection with myself and spirit. Finally allowing the knowingness in and actually trusting myself. Giving answers and leading me to synchronicities that had to be a conversation with the Universe. The more I started to listen to that internal voice, follow and trust, the more results I would see. It felt like a fun game I was playing, always knowing the universe would speak back. I started to learn more about me and have developed that voice as I journey.
I began to find pieces of me over these years, on purpose.
Facing myself, knowing myself, putting myself back together, loving myself. Ahhhh, is it a process. and not a linear one.
Compassion has been a huge ingredient.
Being gentle with myself through this process of healing my body.
Listening to the whispers and creating flow with what my body wants.
Been a complicated balance with nutrition, movement, release, awareness and observation. Still working towards getting to the sweet spot but I had a lot to unpack from this body, this lifetime. She’s still finishing her purge with all the bullshit I stuffed in her. And a traumatic birth story to start it off. That alone can take a lifetime. So, I am learning the word ‘patience’ with myself and my life. Letting my highest self guide this journey.
Once you begin diving into this work, it’s like there is always another corner to turn or layer of the onion to peel. When I started to heal around the emotional components, I was so excited with progress… Then it seemed like something else would come around that dealt with yet another layer. Initially I felt like it was pointless, my view has shifted.
I have since learned to enjoy the ride. This life we are in and living, currently. Finding joy in the details, as often as possible.
See, there will always be something, a reason for us not to be quite right or un-happy. Continue the path. Remember, your body, your life, your circumstances are actually speaking with you. Communicating many things. As we learn tools, new ways of knowing ourselves, modalities that enhance our sense of awareness, ways to interact with our lives, we can make better decisions. With more congruent choices, we will lead to ourselves into alignment.
So. this story.
the one you are in
the one you are telling yourself
the one you are working towards…
you can do something about it.
you can make all the difference.
remember, we are magic.
you have to believe and play.
play everyday.
this is your life.
no one can
or will do this for you.
you can have a great story, if you so desire….
just open your eyes and heart and play the game.
To the journey,
and our attitude as we ride.
This is how my story developed and how it is teaching me.
It got me into my industry in many ways.
I adjusted my business focus from corporate. I now work for myself only as a consultant meeting clients where they are to see what solutions we can come up with together strategically.
About Me:
Draya Love, MBA is unique in her approach as an energy, business, health & body consultant. A former corporate business executive with over 25 years of experience in consulting, healthcare, strategy and energy work.
Through a series of modalities, she will show you how to decode the energy & chaos in your life, body and see it in action. Helping you gain clarity, create intentionally and strategy, take inventory and guide you into implementation. Specializing in physical manifestations of illness and how they behave in our bodies & our lives.
Integrating strategy, mind, body/ spirit & the quantum field into the personalized, intuitive sessions.
Assisting people and businesses as they integrate in this new age to the new ways.
How I got into my industry:
My life kicked me out and gave me space to listen and create from my heart. Also looking to see what the world needed and seeing how what I had to offer can help.
What types of products/ service / creative works/ problems do i solve:
I help people help themselves. I teach them about life and energy in action. I show them how to listen to the details and tap into their answers with flow and ease. I teach people to trust in themselves and understand what their lives and circumstances are saying to them.We strategically address health, business, relationships, spirituality and make sense of it all with humor and grace. It is unique and fantastic. An experience that will give you tools to guide you for the rest of your life effectively.
What sets me apart:
My brand and offerings are my journey’s nuggets; they are the tools I got along the healing path. True life experiences and offerings from my heart.
I feel like I am really relatable since I have been through it….
What makes me most proud
how my family is healing and how my brand is growing in love and hope.
What are the things i want potential clients to know about my brand/work:
My offerings are based on what I have been through and how I moved through my experience effectively and strategically. These tools help me balance my journey.
Energetic Unpacking:
*Quantum Healing
*Soul Contract Reading
*Intuitive Coaching
*Wellness Practices
*Integration Tools
*Energy Decoding
*Chaos Awareness
*Relationship Management
*Business Development
*Strategic MBA Guidance
I offer workshops mainly out of Hacienda Wellness and organize Retreats and Wellness activities that support other facilitators in their journey. If you want to host or be hosted, Id love to chat with you as I work with a myriad of the best facilitators in the industry. I work with cutting edge technology that helps you access your healing journey from unique and comprehensive ways. Accessing the entire self with long term holistic solutions. My website is awesome for support.
Have you ever had to pivot?
When my body got sick and my life kicked me out, I chose to pivot because I wanted more and refused to be sick and a victim. I knew there was more. If I created my life so far, I can re-create it purposefully. So I did. I took the time out to listen to my life, my body, this “illness” to inquire the deeper why’s. The answers led me on a journey that allowed space for my body to heal itself, if I gave it the room and support to do so. Over 10 years and many lessons, my body and life are so much better than they were. I believe we can rebuild ourselves and our lives. It takes time, willingness, information and lots of support (internal, external, physical, spiritual etc).
It is possible to heal your body and align your life with purpose. It is just a journey that must be addressed with care and delicacy. Still finding out the details, but I am grateful for the rebuilding of myself and my career. It’s now fun, sustainable, rewarding and my lifes work.
I am now doing work I love and partnered with people and places that are aligned with my life and my future.
What’s been the most effective strategy for growing your clientele?
In growing clientele, I am about alignment and organic growth, if possible. At least that is how I have done it. Partnering with like organizations. I work with a 9 acre Resort building out their Wellness division (www.haciendawellness.life ); this aligns with my strategies as I can expand my protocols and practices here. I am partnered with like businesses to market one another and co-host events for expansion and growth. This seems to work quite well. So, community and partnership have been big. I have a really expansive website with many offerings and I keep that current and full of great content for anyone interested at: www.drayalove.com I am also on multiple platforms with many free offerings: youtube, pinterest, spotify, instagram, facebook etc. I think it’s important to show people what you are about. Being genuine and just sharing my story. Extending a hand. Those meant to find my work, will and do.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.drayalove.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/draya_l0ve
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Draya-Love-2066125927034102/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-crawford-mba-63976537/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrCqcVoWcjhKHz0l3PrXmMg/featured
- Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/draya-love-san-diego
- Other: https://www.haciendawellness.life