Entrepreneur, Life Coach, Self-Mastery Mentor
Coach Drea is a Certified Life Coach dedicated to helping young women unlock their authentic selves. With a Bachelor's degree in Criminology and International Affairs from Howard University, she possesses a unique insight into human motivations and aspirations. Her coaching journey began as friends, family, and colleagues sought her trusted guidance through various personal and professional challenges. Fueled by a natural talent and a profound passion for helping others, she officially launched her coaching career in 2025.
Coach Drea is recognized for her direct yet nurturing coaching style, encouraging clients to step beyond their comfort zones for meaningful and transformative experiences. She believes that everyone is just one step away from living a life of alignment, joy, and purpose, but that belief must start in our minds.
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Using sound wisdom, mindfulness, and emotional intelligence, Coach Drea collaborates with her clients to create aligned action plans that reflect their desired goals. She emphasizes that transformation begins with a shift in perspective; by strengthening the mind, individuals become unshakeable.
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Guided by her values of authenticity, compassion, faith, and truth, Coach Drea is committed to helping her clients through their transformative journeys from living in doubt to living in truth. She holds the belief that every woman deserves to live unapologetically aligned with her soul, embracing her confidence and self-assuredness.
“From leaving familiarity and entering the unknown, I felt lost, disconnected, and doubtful of myself.”
I’ve always been a rule follower. When you give me a standard, I not only meet it, I exceed it. I accomplished all the “right” standards:
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Honored my parents (love y'all bad)
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Graduated high school and college top of my class
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Landed a career in the U.S. government.
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I was set. What couldn’t I do? I adopted an identity rooted in performance and achievements which made me feel accepted, loved, and rewarded. Ye, during the transition from college to career, I felt lost and disconnected from myself. I went from one institution to the next without stopping and truly connecting with myself.
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This disconnect came to me through an unsettled spirit and nagging feeling deep in my gut that something was off. I just didn’t feel right. But, I ignored that voice and continued about my distractions with work, relationships, and the pace of the world. My inner me loved me so much that she returned louder to get my attention. My discomfort grew, the nagging persisted, and my happiness was plundered. She didn’t play about me. The things that I thought satisfied me proved not to be so. It was time to stop pretending.
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I realized this unsettling was a result of me tying my worth to external influences, doubting myself without those external influences, overthinking decisions for myself in fear of disappointing others or missing out, and trying to keep up with the world, the standards, the “you should” narratives. I didn’t have a strong sense of self to fall back on: what are MY values, what brings me pure joy, what do I need to do when I feel overwhelmed, what are my self-care practices, how can I nurture myself, etc. I realized I’d been conditioned by these systems of school, work, & society, and I didn’t know who I was without it.
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So what did I do? I reclaimed my authority to live a life deeply attuned to my heart, values, and soul. I reclaimed my power to make decisions based on what aligns with my beliefs and values. I faced myself and did the work to understand who I am. I thought of the woman I wanted to be and the space I wanted to create for myself to flourish, and I took steps in the present to get there. I identified roadblocks that prevented me from actualizing the woman I wanted to become/embody.
Embarking on this journey felt empowering and healing. I asked myself, “What would it look like if I hadn’t done the work?” The answer compelled me to move forward and not stay where I was. This is work the world doesn’t teach: it teaches you to keep up with it or you’ll be left behind. I had to slow down to make sense of myself, ground myself, and connect with God. In God, I’ll never be left behind: there’s calm, peace, certainty, fulfillment, connection, and love in Him! I couldn’t come to this place without permitting myself to do so.
