Alyssa Johnson
Alyssa Johnson
Credentials: LCSW
Practice: Vibrantly Live
Phone: (317) 520-1476
E-mail: info@VibrantlyLive.com
Location: 709 East Main Street Suite B Brownsburg, IN 46112
Website: https://www.vibrantlylive.net/about-alyssa
Insurance Accepted: Out of Network
Fees: $120 - $150
Specializing In—
Women's Issues, Spirituality, Anxiety
About
Let me start with an explanation of why I do the work I do. I have been blessed to be married to my husband, Jaime for over 25 years and we have 2 great adult kids. Becoming a counselor was a pretty easy leap for me because I’d always felt a calling to help people. I received my Masters of Social Work degree in 1997. I then completed 2 years post-graduate training in order to become a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Women have always been a part of my practice, as I began my career working with families.
After several years, I began noticing that a lot of the women I worked with didn’t require counseling. Instead, they were looking for direction and skills to help them live a more purposeful life. At this point, I began my training for coaching.
I’d seen this desire in my own life. As my children grew up and needed me less and less I really struggled with “Now what?” My response to this was to do extra stuff around the house, run the errands, cook the meals, take the kids in 50 million directions all week long, and still try to have time for sleep, exercise and be amorous with my husband! All the while, I was still working full-time as a business owner!
I quickly found myself exhausted, irritable, and looking back – I wasn’t very pleasant to live with. I was so wrapped up in trying to be what I thought a “good” wife and mother looked like, I didn’t even see what a mess I was making of everything important to me.
As a relationship expert, you’d think I’d have seen the warning signs – but when it’s your own life you don’t see things as clearly. In the middle of all this craziness, I ended up with a back injury. I couldn’t move much due to excruciating pain – worse than childbirth! I sat around crying for a while, feeling sorry for myself. I knew I needed to take better care of myself and stop worrying about what everybody was thinking in order to be the person I wanted my family to see.
A lot changed as a result of that injury. Exercise is no longer optional. I HAVE to work out or the pain comes back. I also embraced the fact that I’m an introvert and need quiet time, alone, so I try to make sure that happens on a regular basis. I’m also much more intentional about the time spent with my family, rather than just doing things for them. But the greatest lesson I learned was that I had to let go of the unrealistic expectations I’d put on myself. All they did was cause me to constantly feel guilty for not measuring up.
The burden of those expectations caused me to be a lousy wife and an impatient, grouchy mother. Letting go of my belief that I had to do everything and it had to be perfect, allowed me to embrace and honor the person God made me to be. That doesn’t look like society’s version of perfect – but that’s ok.
Because of these life experiences, I have dedicated my professional life to helping stressed out, exhausted and over-committed women break free from the exhaustion of living their lives on autopilot, so they can enjoy their lives and their families as well as leave a legacy they can be proud of. Over the past 2 decades, I have authored 4 books, had over 300 of my articles published, and spoken to 50+ of women’s groups. I have worked with hundreds of women during my career. I’ve seen their marriages improve; their relationships with their kids strengthened; and proudly watched them step into the lives they were created for.