Get Inspired Into Healing
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Author | Speaker | Health & Wellness Impactpreneur | Retiring Army LTC | Combat Veteran | CPTSD Overcomer
Hi! I’m Tenay Benes and I’m here to inspire you into making life-giving changes in your personal and professional life. On my blog, on podcasts, in my talks, and in my book, I share my personal story of how I am overcoming complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD), medical injury, and chronic illness in order to build a vibrant life as a daughter of God, impact entrepreneur, wife & mom, combat veteran, & retiring Army officer.
If you’re looking to find out more about what my husband & I are doing to help Americans overcome chronic illness caused by trauma, check out our sister site, Benes Companies.
Daughter of God & Impactpreneur
Wife & Mom
Combat Veteran & Retiring Army Officer
What People Have Said…
Brett B.
“Your approach to wholeness is so holistic and practical that everybody who hears your story knows they can get better, too.”
Sarah S.
"Tenay has this ability to absolutely provide words of encouragement, even those maybe hard to hear, with love, kindness and grace. She has a love for people and such a desire to see them succeed..."
Michelle P.
"I never expected... the incredible comfort it gave me... such an indescribable sense of knowing that whatever happened, all would be right."
Dive Into My Latest Projects
My first book in “The Voice Memoirs” is called “Heal or Die” and is available for you to order! Go to “Books” to get six free chapters and more!
Join me for a life-giving perspective on chronic illness on my YouTube podcast, “Truly, Truly Tenay“.
Listen in on our kitchen conversations about global wellness on our YouTube podcast, “The Kitchen Conversations Podcast with Brett & Tenay Benes“.
Check out this compilation of other podcasts and stages on which I do talks on holistic healing as a guest speaker.
Check Out My
Latest Blog Posts
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Donate to Celebrate
Help me celebrate my medical retirement from the Army due to PTSD by donating to this amazing Veteran fund at the Rocky Mountain Hyperbaric Association for Brain Injuries, where I’ve been getting free treatment again!
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Open Letter to You
Hi friend! It’s a pleasure to e-meet you! If you’re new to my site, this open letter is expressly for you. Defining the Relationship I want you to know three things about me that might give you some context for the hundreds (maybe?) of posts and pages you are about to navigate–should you dare. I…
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Virtual Book Launch Party | 16 Sep 2025
This post was updated on October 5, 2025 with publishing links and dates. Launch Party Video Thanks for joining me for a very special event — one that I will remember for the rest of my life. Our online party went something like this — Never Too Late Even though the launch party is done,…
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When It’s All Too Much
Living with a chronic illness that includes fatigue is like being an old iPhone that doesn’t charge like it used to. Here’s what I do to preserve my charge and live a life that matches my values.
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Still Hate It? Read This! | My Experience with Exposure Therapy
Continued from Love It or Hate It, You Just Might Need It: A Case for Exposure Therapy for Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Unintentional Exposure Therapy #2: Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment This story begins as every good Veteran story begins: “So there we were, no sh—t…” on a C-17 airplane taking off from Camp Balad near Baghdad,…
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Love It or Hate It, You May Need It | My Experience with Exposure Therapy
I didn’t want to write this blog, but I will because I am open to being wrong, learning from my mistakes, and hopefully encouraging a growth mindset in those watching my journey along the way. The topic? Exposure Therapy for people healing from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Sounds Like Torture The first time that I—a…
Frequently Asked Questions
If I have prayed for you on the street & you’d like to find out more about what you experienced or how you can stay healed, please go to the Frequently Asked Questions page. You can also find answers to the most commonly asked questions about C-PTSD & trauma healing there.