We help people & organizations improve complex illness health outcomes.

Military Intelligence Frameworks Applied to Health, Wellness & Human Services Problems
“[Tenay is a] …brilliant leader who gets after tough problems.”
– Dustin Shultz, Major General (Retired), U.S. Army
We improve holistic health literacy & systemic empowerment through three groups:
“This problem is solvable, together.”
What are the Top Killers of Americans?
Complex illnesses harm more than one system of a person’s body & more than one domain of a person’s life. They include many genetic, rare, congenital, developmental, chronic & event-triggered illnesses.
Healing from complex illness requires coordinated, collaborative care across all three care sectors, all four care models, all seven healing stages & all seven life domains–something our fragmented, acute-focused U.S. healthcare, wellness, and human services sectors are not designed to do.
The numbers have been telling this painful story:
– 75% of U.S. deaths are caused by chronic illnesses alone.
– Eight of the top ten killers of Americans are chronic illnesses. Five of those have been on that list for 50 to 100 years.
– 194 million adults and 22 million children have at least one complex illness; many have more than one. That’s 3 in 4 adults and 2 in 5 children.
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Our Approach
We combine our personal & professional experience plus academic research & industry innovations to curate our complex illness care model:
- Collaborative care across health, wellness, and human services sectors
- Coordinated care across the seven stages of complex illness healing (aligned to Western, Eastern, alternative, and holistic care models
- Holistic care that pursues thriving in all seven life domains of a person’s health
Explore our evidence-based approach for complex illness overcomers, their caregivers, as well as the care professionals who help them.

System-of-Systems Approaches to Improving Complex Illness Health Outcomes
“[Brett is…] a master at bringing structure to ambiguity & has a rare talent for discerning the appropriate direction & steps necessary to arrive at the intended destination.”
– Calvin Watson, Serial Entrepreneur

Featured Keynote: Win the War on Complex Illness
Retiring Army Lieutenant Colonel, Tenay Benes, offers her featured keynote for health, wellness & human services organizations to apply her revolutionary military intelligence frameworks to improve complex illness outcomes.
~ As featured in the All-American Entertainment speakers bureau directory.
~ As featured in the A-Speakers international speakers bureau directory.
Powerful Keynote: Heal or Die
Complex illness overcomer, Tenay Benes, offers a powerful keynote for complex illness sufferers & their caregivers, patient associations & civic organizations to more effectively navigate the fragmented U.S. care ecosystem for improved complex illness outcomes.


The Care We Need Website
The Care We Need is a whole-person care coordination & collaboration platform built for clients navigating complex illness & the professionals who serve them. Its flagship feature is a client-professional matching referral system.
The Care We Need Podcast
We explore healing complex illness through honest conversations with patients, caregivers, clinicians & thought leaders. Designed for both those navigating illness & the professionals who treat them, we shares practical tools, systemic insights, & compassionate strategies to improve outcomes.

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