Tenay Benes

06/10/2026

Catching up on all the news... after 23 years, I retired from the U.S. Army. Here's what happened at my retirement ceremony.

On September 12th, 2026, family, friends, and people I served with gathered online to celebrate my retirement from the U.S. Army after 23 years. Here's what I'm taking with me.

06/10/2026

Raise your hand if you find U.S. health care hard to navigate.
If you spend a lot of money for little results.
If you feel stuck.
This is your chance to change the future of the U.S. care ecosystem.
We need you to beta-test our new, free, whole-person care professional directory.
Read on below for details.

Discover TheCareWeNeed.com: a beta directory connecting you with whole-person care professionals based on your symptoms. Join as a beta tester today!

06/10/2026

I sat down with Monisha Saldanha from Colorado Tech People to explain why I'm building TheCareWeNeed.com. I described the need for a 50-year plan, how technology can improve human-to-human interaction, and more. Check out our conversation and sign up to be a beta-tester to help shape our platform for your needs!

https://tenaybenes.com/from-i-wish-there-was-a-website-to-50000-care-professionals-my-colorado-tech-people-interview/

I sat down with Colorado Tech People to talk about complex illness, the patient odyssey, and why I'm building TheCareWeNeed.com on a 50-year plan.

05/10/2026

A big "thank you" to Colorado Tech People for hosting me on their fun podcast. I got to tell Monisha Anjali Saldanha why I built thecareweneed.com, where we are in the launch of our Minimum Viable Product, and how we plan to change the future of the U.S. care ecosystem. (Hint: there's a 50-year plan.)

Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lMPtA4AVEg

09/09/2026

She Lost Her Doctor to Su***de | Physician Advocate on Mental Health and How to Fix A Broken System

The Question That Can End a Career... or More. There's a line on a form that most people never think about. A checkbox, a few words, easy to skim past. For Kim Downey, that line is the reason someone is dead. Kim didn't start out as a physician advocate. She started out as a patient. Three cancer diagnoses in two years, a surgical complication, a vocal cord scare, radioactive iodine, and through all of it, one radiologist who got her through the worst of it with skill and with care....

We sat down with Kim Downey, a physician advocate who lost her own radiologist to su***de and has spent the years since working to change how the medical system supports its doctors. We talk burnout, moral injury, and the licensing barriers that keep struggling physicians from seeking help. A conver...

25/08/2026

You are cordially invited to LTC Tenay Benes's Virtual Retirement Celebration on Saturday, September 12th, 2026 from 8:00 AM PT to 9:30 AM PT (that's 11:00 AM ET to 12:30 PM ET) via Google Meet.

Please join us as we gather online to celebrate LTC Benes's retirement from the U.S. Army. Feel free to share and forward this invitation to others who may be interested.

You can RSVP on the Evite at https://www.evite.com/event/01DCIIAE4SKDAATZCEPRRFSYFEYCRA to:
~ Get details about the celebration
~ Upload photos of your service together (or view her photos)
~ Write a favorite memory of your service together (or read those from others)
~ Sign up as a guest speaker
~ Donate to her retirement gift

Uniform is Army OCP or civilian casual. Point of contact for inquiries is Mr. Brett Benes at (971) 439-5845 or [email protected].

17/07/2026

We're at the end of our Manga-style book preview journey.

This last one is such an important lesson: a lesson about how to achieve deep and thorough healing.

If you want to experience all six chapters in PDF or MP3 (audiobook), just sign up for my book newsletter. Or you can buy my book on Kindle or paperback.

https://tenaybenes.com/?p=16159

https://tenaybenes.com/chapter-6-manga-style-heal-or-die-preview/

Welcome to My Manga Series We have arrived at the end of our Manga journey through the 2nd edition of my book, “Heal or Die” on Amazon! This is such an important lesson: a lesson about how to achieve deep and thorough healing. If you want to experience all six chapters in PDF or MP3 […]

17/07/2026

We are moving forward...

17/07/2026

We are near the end of our Manga journey through the 2nd edition of my book, "Heal or Die" on Amazon! This one is still hard to recount. It's also important to recount because it hits home the lesson that religion without love is slavery.

Welcome to My Manga Series Here we go! Chapter five! We are near the end of our Manga journey through the 2nd edition of my book, “Heal or Die” on Amazon! This one is still hard to recount. It’s also important to recount because it hits home the lesson that religion without love is slavery. [....

15/07/2026

We recently sat down with The Business Journal to explore collaboration opportunities and talk about what we're building at Benes Companies. We discussed our fight to win the war on complex illness in a healthcare system not built to treat it. How the U.S. is 4x worse than its near-peer countries, and how a more collaborative, integrated, and synchronous care system is necessary to address these complex illness trends. Learn more on what we're building below!

A busy newsroom with anchors, staff, and a panoramic view of Denver’s downtown We recently had the chance to sit down with The Business Journals, which operates local news networks, including…