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Top Precision Medicine Doctor: Why Standard Labs Fail Complex Illness & Multi-Omics Succeeds
A recap of The Care We Need podcast episode with Dr. Anil Bajnath, Founding President of the American Board of Precision Medicine I want to be honest with you about something. I sat down with Dr. Anil Bajnath knowing I was going to be in over my head. Molecular diagnostics, multi-omics, transcriptomics, proteomics — this…
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The Insurance Model Is Broken. Here’s the Doctor-Led Alternative | Collaborative Care & Autonomy
A recap of The Care We Need podcast episode with Dr. Don Railsback, CEO of Vision Care Direct I didn’t expect to be as moved by this conversation as I was. When I sat down with Dr. Don Railsback, I thought I was talking to an optometrist with a business idea. What I found was…
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A Former Special Forces Commando Walked Into My Podcast and Changed How I Think About Healing
I didn’t know what to expect when I got an email from an Australian breathwork coach who used to be a Special Forces Commando. I knew it would be interesting. I didn’t know it would reframe almost everything I thought I understood about why people struggle to heal. Tim Thomas is the founder of Breathwork…
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U.S. Healthcare Is Breaking Public Trust — A Health Systems Researcher Explains How to Rebuild It
I’ve had a lot of conversations on The Care We Need Podcast. But this one hit differently. Dr. Demetria Bolden is a faculty researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus who studies how communication and system design shape health outcomes — with a specific focus on reducing cardiovascular disparities in communities of color.…
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We’re Firing the Wrong People
I developed the Pyramid of Resistance in Baghdad. That’s not a metaphor. I was serving as an Army intelligence officer, watching our change efforts in the district generate consequences we didn’t intend — what we call second and third order effects. Every time we conducted a security operation, the people we detained came out of…
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Aging Is Reversible. So Is Complex Illness. Here’s the Science.
The Care We Need Podcast | Episode with Dr. Bill Andrews, PhD, Founder of Sierra Sciences I’ll be honest — I went into this conversation expecting to learn about longevity supplements and anti-aging research. What I got was something that fundamentally reframed how I think about chronic illness, complex disease, and why our healthcare system…
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Bad Ergonomics Is Costing You MORE Than You Think! | The Hidden Driver of Complex Illness
The Care We Need Podcast, hosted by Brett Benes | Guest: Christopher Zdenek, Founder of Soma Ergonomics I’ll be honest — when I sat down to record this episode with Christopher Zdenek, I expected a conversation about chairs. What I got was a conversation about trauma, human evolution, the developmental stages of consciousness, and why…
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The Secret to Ending Chronic Pain | When Meds Don’t Work | The Lifestyle Shifts That Healed Her
TLDR: In this Healing Journeys episode of The Care We Need Podcast, host Tenay Benes sits down with complex illness overcomer Erin Kleopa to explore her 18-year chronic pain healing journey — and what holistic, whole-person healing can look like when people take lead on their own health. Health, wellness, and human services professionals: don’t…
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How to Graduate Clients Well, Reduce Care Practice Burden, and Coordinate Complex Illness Care
This episode overviews Benes Companies’ 7 stages of successful complex illness treatment, a framework designed to help health, wellness, and human services professionals make clearer, more strategic care decisions. By mapping where a client is—from crisis stabilization to self-care—teams can better coordinate across disciplines, prioritize the right interventions, and avoid unnecessary complexity. The goal is…
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Find Patterns, Build Teams & Empower Clients to Reduce Burden, Improve Care Outcomes | Expert’s Take
Health systems and information science expert Tenay Benes covers the implementation of new intake surveys for a more holistic treatment picture, building collaboration teams, empowering clients for action, an example of empowering client journey, prioritizing recommendations for complex illness, and graduating clients to self-care. It emphasizes the importance of information overload, identifying patterns, and shifting…
