Within the soul of each one of us lies a deep longing for connection. When our relationships don’t fill that longing, feelings of depression, anxiety, fear or anger may surface.

This is the Soul Struggle.

What is the Soul Struggle?

Within the soul of each one of us lies a deep longing. This is a longing for connection—for intimacy. We may try to fill our longing with many things. However, our primary desire is for relationship. When our relationships don’t fill that longing, our soul begins to struggle.

We try to find answers in order to build better relationships with our spouse, our children, friends, etc. But we are often disappointed because what we thought would bring us deep satisfaction, doesn’t! When this happens, feelings of depression, anxiety, fear or anger may surface. Or we may find ourselves feeling like everyone else runs our life but us! We may become co-dependent or have boundary issues.

What we long for is peace and joy.

What Are Your Struggles?

Trust
Fear
Anxiety
Depression
Grief
Anger
Deep disappointment
Past hurts and/or abuse

At the core of each struggle, we carry developed beliefs about ourselves, God, and life. If there is an inaccurate belief in any one of these areas, we will experience soul struggle.

Ultimately at the core of this struggle is God. God is deeply longing for relationship with you. He is pursuing you! He is disturbing your soul!

Janet Baylis Gassman

As a gifted speaker and Biblically-based counselor, Janet walks her listeners & clients through these Soul Struggles as she aids them in their pursuit of wholeness and their desire to move toward intimacy with God.

Janet’s Mission:

To help others move toward personal healing, growth, and intimacy with God by discovering the core issues that cause struggling in the soul.

How do we resolve this soul struggle?

Understanding issues of trust, belongingness, identity and significance opens the door to healing. Discovery of false beliefs about self, God, and the world, replaced with truth results in changed thinking and, therefore, new behaviors. This process, not only brings change, but also moves toward experiencing a new intimacy with God. Resolving this soul struggle is possible!

Counselor specializing In:

Fear/Anxiety
Depression
Boundaries
Abuse Issues / AMAC
Co-dependency
Self-image
Relationships

Speaking topics include:

Resolving your Soul Struggle (total overview or single topics from book)
Moving toward intimacy with God
Prayer
Depression
Boundaries

Testimonials

When I first met Janet, I was broken, empty, lost, hopeless and confused. I had just left an abusive marriage and had no idea how to navigate the emotions and pain that I was experiencing. Janet showed me where to start; then she gently took me by the hand and led me along the pathway of healing and hope. She helped me discover who I am in my Father’s eyes and her own love and deep devotion to her Savior is both contagious and inspiring. She is wonderfully skilled at leading broken people back into correct relationship with their Savior.

Janet is not only well-educated and knowledgeable in every aspect of the Bible, but she knows exactly how to apply it to your life…I highly recommend Janet as an outstanding presenter… God is using her in such a tremendous way, and any individual or group who comes in contact with her will quickly know it.

Janet’s presentation is one of the best I have heard on the subject of Intimacy with God. The structure allows each of us to see this intimacy as a joyful, attainable reality and not just a lofty goal.

Walking us through the struggles of the Christian life by incorporating Biblical characters and personal examples has deeply affected my life.

Janet, thank you so much. You touched on many of the issues I am struggling with. I needed to hear what you spoke about. Don't stop!

I want to thank you for sharing with us while you were here in St. Maarten. We were truly blessed with your ministry. This presentation was so timely for our people. It was the providence of God.

The Lord Jesus has had me on a journey over the last several years to give up the ‘idols’ in my life and have a more intimate, abiding relationship with Him. Your book helped me realize the signs, (impatience, frustration at small inconveniences, etc.) were indicators that the biggest idol in my life was my self-centeredness. I have confessed this to the Lord and am confident He will continue to dismantle the ‘idol factory’ in my heart.

Resolving Your Soul Struggle

This book identifies your struggle, walks through with stories from life, and biblical characters, then brings the reader to resolution.

The Soul Struggle Radio Show

Listen to past shows, and download resources on our radio page. Airs on KKPZ 1330 AM: THE TRUTH RADIO in Portland, OR.