Specialized Biblical Counselor and Gospel-Centered Coach
LYNDSEY JOLLEY, MPC, MEd
THE SHORT VERSION
Greetings, and welcome to Resilience Ministries. I'm Lyndsey Jolley, and I specialize in guiding individuals, couples, and leaders who are emotionally or relationally weary toward profound soul restoration in Christ.
This ministry was born from three distinct journeys: (1) my professional training as a counselor, (2) my own emotional healing and transformation, and (3) a 25-year journey in ministry through church planting alongside my husband and making disciples within the body of Christ. My approach to spiritual, emotional, and relational health is biblically grounded, holistic, and strategically focused—emphasizing experiential, two-way connection with Christ.
Below is a short version of my story and how the Gospel Freedom approach came into being at Resilience Ministries.
CHILDHOOD
By God's grace, I had a beautiful early childhood, coming to faith in Christ around the age of 7. I remember sensing God's nearness and presence with me at night when I lay in bed. During my teenage years, however, my parents wrestled through significant marital challenges, and my father was in and out of the house. During this time, I turned away from the Lord for about three years... angry, curious about the world, and rebelling. Thankfully, at age 17, I rededicated my life to the Lord at a Christian camp and began seeking Him again.
PAIN
In my early adulthood, I went through an extended and unexpected season of confusion, depression, and pain, marked by several difficult circumstances:
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my parents' separation and eventual divorce,
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my personal insecurities and fears,
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spiritual warfare that brought oppression,
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an unhealthy spiritual community that brought hurt and confusion...
For five long years, I endured severe emotional pain and defeat, living under strongholds of fear and confusion, despite earnestly seeking the Lord during that time.
FREEDOM
Finally, over the course of about six months, through His personal and specific guidance, God delivered me step by step into a place of lasting freedom and joy—one that has remained stable and sustained for decades. Along this journey, I married my incredible husband, Bill, completed my first Master's Degree in Education, and taught high school English for several years. During the early years of marriage and career, the roots of my faith grew deep, and God cultivated in me the fruit of clarity, confidence, and wisdom.
TRAINING, RESEARCH & CHURCH PLANTING
After several years of living in freedom, I pursued a second Master's Degree, this time in Counseling, and began researching strategic, results-driven, gospel-centered transformation for emotional and relational health. It was during this time that I discovered the Immanuel Approach by Dr. Karl Lehman. In addition, Bill and I trained as church planters and led a church plant for several years, with a consistent focus on discipleship and building a healthy community in Christ. Along the way, the Lord also blessed us with two amazing children, Asher and Haven.
PRIVATE PRACTICE
In 2015, I founded Resilience Ministries, the private Biblical Counseling and Coaching practice you're reading about now. I began working with clients facing a wide range of life's challenges—anxiety, depression, spiritual disconnect and confusion, emotional wounds, trauma, church hurt, difficult marriages, isolation and loneliness, toxic relationships, and more. It has been a sacred honor to walk alongside these struggling sojourners, guiding them toward God's fullness in their lives. Even more rewarding has been witnessing client after client experience freedom and victory in Christ, time and time again!
GOSPEL FREEDOM!
Throughout my journey in counseling and church planting, a clear, step-by-step Biblical pattern for freedom began to emerge. Through my own transformation and growth, formal training, personal research, client work, and discipleship within the church body, I discovered a consistent set of biblical Keys to Transformation. These keys proved to be reliable and effective time and time again. As the Holy Spirit revealed these truths, I gathered them into structured, step-by-step tools to use with clients. And so, the Gospel Freedom content was born, eventually leading to the creation of The Refreshed Life Masterclass!
MULTIPLYING FREEDOM!!
By God's grace, over the past decade, I have helped hundreds of clients cultivate spiritual, emotional, and relational health through the Gospel Freedom truth and tools. It is an absolute gift to see real people with real problems find real freedom and transformation in Christ.
THE LONG VERSION
MY PERSONAL WILDERNESS & PROMISED LAND
In my early adult years, I went through an extremely difficult and painful wilderness. I spent 5 long years vexed with severe spiritual insecurity, fear, depression, confusion, and oppression.
It was excruciating.
A plethora of combined elements led to this downward spiral...
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I doubted my ability to discern God's voice,
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My parent's tumultuous marriage and recent divorce,
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I did not yet understand my identity in Christ,
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My spiritual community had unhealthy elements that were damaging and disempowering,
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I was underdeveloped in emotional self-awareness,
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I didn't know how to process or metabolize my life experiences with God,
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I was ill-equipped in spiritual warfare,
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I was experiencing young adult angst and big life questions,
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I had no idea how to receive from God,
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I wasn't sure how to recognize God's nearness and presence,
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My understanding of gospel-centered truths was shallow,
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And so much more!
A gray, vague cloud of heaviness and disconnect surrounded me every day. I sought help from mentors, pastors, scripture, prayer, counselors, books, parents, and friends—for years. Many of these people loved me well, and some of these resources brought some comfort some of the time, but I wasn't making traction.
I definitely wasn't free.
Truthfully, I spent countless days and weeks weeping over pain that would not leave. I could have been diagnosed with depression. I remember being perplexed by how it was possible to have such an unending supply of tears, and I wondered when I would run out.
BUT around four and a half years into this wilderness, God began to walk me step-by-step with Him out of defeat and oppression and into a land of freedom and victory.
I reached a point in my journey where I realized it was between me and God. I realized he was the only One who could truly help me in the deepest places of my soul. I started digging into scripture differently—this time with my eyes on Him alone, not looking to anyone else for answers. I interacted with him honestly and directly. And I began listening for His voice very purposefully, every single day, as best as I knew how at the time.
And I began to hear Him. For the first time in a long time.
One day at a time, one word at a time, one decision at a time, one step at a time, I slowly learned HOW to discern His voice and HOW to follow His way and His roadmap.
God Himself led me into true, real, and lasting freedom.
I became a different person.
I remember feeling the oppression lifting and leaving. The light-heartedness, peace, and joy felt unfamiliar. Slowly, it became my new normal.
For several years after finding freedom, I was afraid I would go back into the darkness. Into the confusion and vexation. But because it was a deep, real transformation, and God Himself had led me out, I was substantially and forever changed and standing on a Solid Rock that became a lasting, firm foundation.
I have now walked in two decades of remarkable inner fortitude and joy! Though life inevitably brings its share of challenging days or seasons, they pale in comparison to the torment the Lord has delivered me from. I am free, victorious, and privileged to now help others on a similar journey.
MY PROFESSIONAL DISCOVERIES & DELIGHT
The journey Christ led me on—showing me how to take steps toward freedom and then sustain that freedom—has been an extraordinary gift, one I now find immense joy in sharing with others.
As a Specialized Biblical Counselor and Coach, I’ve had the honor of working with hundreds of clients, consistently supporting them in finding true freedom and victory in Christ.
Time and again, I’ve seen clients move from defeat to lasting clarity, peace, and flourishing, even in the midst of significant and ongoing challenges. This Gospel Freedom pathway to transformation first emerged during my own personal journey and was further confirmed through training, research, and my work with clients.
The simple yet profound steps God revealed have since been developed into a collection of steadfast Keys to Transformation, which I teach in The Refreshed Life Masterclass. It’s been a true delight to watch God bring healing and transformation into people’s lives time and again.
Over the years, seeing such consistent, positive outcomes has deepened my loyalty and commitment to this approach because, simply put, it works.
Many understand what Scripture teaches about the fullness of life, but far fewer know how to bring it to life in their own experience, to truly connect with Jesus, our Healer, in a living, interactive relationship.
This is the heart of my expertise, and it’s what I’m passionate about sharing with you.
In counseling and coaching sessions, I have the sacred privilege of witnessing the moment when light dawns in clients' spirits as we explore how to connect with Jesus and how the gospel applies to the specific needs of their hearts and lives.
From there, they have the opportunity to continue in personally encountering the healing power of Jesus in the secret place, allowing Him to minister to the deepest places of their souls.
I’m thrilled to offer this same Refreshed Life equipping to you—life transformation training that is Biblically-Grounded, Gospel-Centered, and proven to bring about real-life transformation and deep connection with Christ Himself.
God is doing something truly wonderful! I look forward to seeing how God will continue to bring healing and victory to more lives along the way!