Phoenix Rising in Resilience (AZ)

High blood pressure is known as the silent killer. This disorder consumes the lives of at least 119.9 million individuals each year (U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2025). I will outline 5 preventative health measures to reduce prevalence of this disorder. What is considered as Hypertension? Hypertension is diagnosed when the systolic blood pressure number (top number) is higher than 140, and the diastolic (bottom number) blood pressure number is above 80-90. Increase...

Kidney disease is a rare disorder that affects 1 in 6 veterans (Deely, 2022). The prevalence rate of the disorder is at a 34% increase than the rest of the general population (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases as cited in Deely, 2022). Similar to hypertension, kidney disease is a disorder that is often hard to detect. As the disorder worsens, the kidneys lose their ability to function properly resulting in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). This disease ranks within...

The Ketogenic Diet is a popular diet utilized by many for weight loss and disease management. This is a popular diet that has been known to treat several co-occurring disorders such as epilepsy, diabetes, liver disease, autoimmune disorders, migraines, cardiovascular disease, seizures, degenerative disease, and cancer (Crosby, Davis, Joshi, Jardine, Paul, Neola, & Barnard, 2021). Although the keto diet is approved by many health professionals, it has the potential to cause severe health...

Former PACEs Connection employees Dana Brown (L) with Vincent Felitti, MD, co-author of the 1998 Adverse Childhood Experiences study, and Carey Sipp (R) in San Diego in January, 2024. The last few months have been quite challenging, but we pushed, persevered, and didn’t give up hope. The “we” is Carey Sipp and Dana Brown. We were long-time staff members of PACEs Connection determined to reinstate the website and the resources and information we provide to communities after the platform went...

How can we expect change if we’re not willing to move forward? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary (2024), change is described as the modification of a particular event or life experience. According to Biblegateway (2024), “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. Proverbs 29:18.” How can we expect change if we’re not willing to move forward and break the endless cycle of dependence and stagnation? How can one develop long-lasting...