Resurgent Health Turns ONE: A Year of Faith, Fire and Fierce Growth
HOW has it already been a year?
They say time flies, but this past year has felt like a full-speed rocket launch. We opened the doors to Resurgent Health on this exact day last year with a prayer, a promise/committement to do better and a fire in our heart.
It all started with a dream, scribbled out on 100's of pieces of paper and sticky notes, turned into a google doc, with projection spreadsheets finalized and numerous websites bookmarked. Not to mention the many books purchased through my Amazon account, some still waiting to be read. This past year has stretched me in every possible direction-as a clinician, a business owner, a mother, a woman, a human being. Some days, I've felt unstoppable. Other days, I've quietly unraveled, behind closed doors, wondering how I'd keep going. There were moments I questioned my voice, misunderstood my heart, or wondered if the world saw my boldness as too much. But here's what I know: when you build something that matters, it will demand everything from you-and then, it will return to you a hundredfold. Strength. Clarity. Grace. And most of all, the reminder that even on the days you feel like you're in the dumps (and yes, there have been those days), you're still standing. Still healing. Still showing up.
This past year I'd often find myself looking back at those torn out pieces of paper, some in chicken scratch that I can barely read and remember that as messy as that handwriting is, it was in those moments that something in me was lit, a fire was started and something shifted. Those papers remind me: who I am, what I'm capable of, even when I almost forgot myself. They remind to to not forget where I started, who helped me along the way and to not lose myself in the process.
Opening Resurgent Health wasn't just a business decision; it was a calling. We didn't know what the year ahead would hold. We only knew that traditional, insurance-driven healthcare was broken. And this week, specifically TODAY (Tuesday): we celebrate ONE YEAR of fierce belief in a better way.
A Year of Impactful Moments:
This past year hasn't been about numbers or growth-it's been about people.
Resurgent Health was never just about medicine to us. It was about creating a space for people to feel seen, heard, and cared for- deeply and unconditionally. We're not here to rush patients through a conveyer belt of 7-minute visits, to only see them once a year, to throw medications at them and say "good luck".
We've fought through insurance pushback, burnout, self-doubt, and the messy, sacred challenge of building something real, raw and RESURGENT. We've laughed in this building, high-fived our patients in this building, given hugs, done podcasts in this building, cried in this building, and done PLENTY of dance parties to celebrate even our smallest wins.
We've been shaped, stretched, and supported by people who reminded us of our worth and our calling. People who callenged us to think differently, who pushed us (even in our most stubborn states), who showed us we were capable, even when things were unclear. Some walked with us through hard decisions, cried with us behind closed doors, and had some very tough conversations that shifted our entire mindset. We spent days wondering if we made a mistake-only to get up the next morning and do it all again. Not because it was easy. But because it was worth it and we were constantly reminded of that.
To those quiet heroes, those mindset-shifters, those challengers, the people that came into our lives this past year that we'll remember forever-we see you. And we are beyond grateful for you all and for changing, challenging and supporting us.
To our patients-THANK you for believing in this model before the world fully understood it. For trusting us with your stories, your families, your hardest health days, and your healing. You are the HEART of Resurgent Health and the reason we do this.
To our AMAZING STAFF-Thank you Megan & Kayla for this past year. For going above and beyond. For showing up early, staying late, and holding fast to our mission even when things were uncertain and it was pure chaos. You two have learned to roll with things and trust in the process that everything will work out. You've made this place feel like home for not only us, but for so many patients. We couldn't have done this without you both. And I know I certainly wouldn't enjoy my "30 second dance parties" without you guys!
The Wins We're Celebrating
This year, we:
Learned teamwork = makes the dreamwork. We built from the ground up (quite literally). From tables to assembling each room, we did this with our own hands and some power tools (Go US!)
We gained and retained a panel of patients, who trusted us with their care and followed us, and quite frankly have told us they'd follow us to the ends of the Earth. (YOU ROCK!!)
Created access to care that was personalized, unrushed and judgement free.
We created workflows from scratch. Scheduling, intake, communication, billing, protocols, documentation-all without a corporate manual to follow.
We learned that true leaders, wear every hat. That means there are days we are administrators, cleaners, medical providers, business owners, social media managers, marketors, educators...and my LEAST favorite: IT support. I still remember to this day, the morning our website crashed and my husband (bless his heart) said "Just call your IT people." I looked at him, with a blank face thinking he was joking. When I quickly realized he wasn't, I got a good laugh out of it and said "Yaaaa...we ARE the IT people dear."
Added specialty programs like Obesity Management, Osteopathic Manipulation, Aesthetic services (Microneedling, Dermaplaning), Make Wellness Supplements, and became a vendor for Skin Better products.
Grew through slow seasons, painful seasons, and found a rhythm that honors quality over quanitity. We survived AND stayed open. In an economy and industry that isn't always kind to small businesses, let alone cash-based ones, WE MADE IT a full year. I will ALWAYS choose to celebrate that.
We received meaningful testimonials. Real people, real stories, real transformations that reminded us we're doing what we were called to do.
We made real community connections. Relationships with people that helped use expand our reach. People who have similar core values as us, and truly uplift and inspire us every single week (Thanks 365 Connections! You guys are amazing!!!)
We've done this all while staying true to our values. Even when people, potential clients tried to negotiate our worth, compare our prices, heckle prices, or question our model-we never sold out. We knew our worth, what we stood for and we learned to sit with the uncomfortable feeling that we aren't for everyone...and THAT'S OK.
Faith Has Been My Foundation
When the numbers didn't make sense, when the growth felt too slow, when it seemed like all we were doing was pouring from an empty cup and never filling-I turned more to my faith. There were lots of sleepless nights staring at my ceiling wondering if we'd make it another month. Times when it felt like no one understood the weight we were carrying- financially, emotionally or spirtually. There were conversations that broke me, and moments that made me.
And then...there were the reminders. The texts from patients saying, "Thank you for listening when no one else would." "You are simply the best." "I don't know what our family would do without you." The faith that never stopped whispering "keep going".
My personal spirtual growth this past year has reshaped how I show up as a provider, a leader, and a woman. There were days I fell, I cried, and asked God why I was led here. And the answer was always the same: "Because this matters. This is your mission. Keep going." No one talks about how lonely leadership and owning a business is and this year taught me that while that is true, I am never truly alone when I have faith and learn to lean on that.
The Humbling Lessons I've Learned This Year:
This year wasn't perfect..but it was POWERFUL.
I've been stretched in ways I never imagined. I've confronted my limits-and then I've defied them. I've had to learn how to lead as a woman in a space that still wants women to be palataable, agreeable, non-threatening. I've had to speak louder, stand firmer, and love harder.
Often times, strength is misread as aggression when it's in a woman. I've been told I'm intimidating too many times to count, too direct, and "confident, but it can come off as harsh." But I've also been called bold, brave, transformative, innovative, real, honest, and grounded. And that's what I'll keep choosing to be...ME.
I've learned you MUST stay teachable. Being teachable doesn't mean you have to accept or implement every opinion or suggestion given to you. But it does mean you have to set your pride aside, be open to wisdom, to other peoples perspective, even when it comes from unexpected places or people who don't understand the Direct Primary Care model. At the end of the day, business is business. And no one knows everything and if you pretend you do, then you'll stay stuck forever (That includes even in medicine!)
I've learned that choosing an intentional life, doesn't always feel peaceful. Sometimes it feels messy and lonely. But intention isn't about perfection-it's about presence. It's about choosing to show up again and again for what MATTERS. Even when it's hard. Especially when it's hard.
I've learned that people will come into your life-some for a season, some for a reason, and a rare few who quietly shift the entire trajectory of how you think, love, and lead. They remineded me to live aligned, not attached.
I've learned that not EVERYONE will understand your why and I have stopped defending it and learned to build it anyways. I've learned that my voice isn't too loud and my passion isn't too much. The fire inside me is not a flaw. It's fuel. And this clinic-this mission-is what I was made to carry forward. You need to be OK with who you are, what you stand for, and stop shrinking to fit into someone elses' version of who you are. Those who understand and support, will be by your side through it all and love you regardless.
And most of all: I've learned that when you live from the inside out-from alignment over approval-things begin to bloom. Not always easily, but definately honestly. We'll keep making bold decisions in the name of doing what's right, not whats reimbursed or the societal "norm".
Year one was the foundation
But we are NOT slowing down. We are going to continue to build a place that dares to go deeper. A place that believes REAL healing happens in honest and open conversations, in longer appointments, in being with someone through the good, the bad and the grey, messy area in between.
There are people and moments from this past year that I'll never forget. People who showed up, gave us a swift kick in the a**, gave us a pep talk, dropped off treats, funny gifts, or the endless amounts of coffee to keep us moving forward. You all held us together when we were fighting to keep going. From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU!!
This is proof that being bold, being fearless, having faith, and a strong belief in something better...TRULY CAN build something BEAUTIFUL and UNFORGETABLE!!!
Cheers to YEAR 2 and to our Resurgent Health TEAM.
-Aly Dahl, PA-C Founder/Co-Owner
