He has been 'struggling' with the problem of how to keep good workers from leaving.
She is 'struggling' with her health. [=she is having problems with her health]
She was 'struggling' with the door. [=trying to open the door]
(..) Sandpiper brought it from far away. The price he paid was his ears and his tongue. No matter how you hold it... it always struggles to return homeward... to the star from which it fell. It always points to the north. Not in the fog. (..)1958 The Vikings