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Karen Balumbu-Bennett, LCSW, PMHc

@karenthetherapist

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Specializing in Women’s/Maternal Mental Health and Fertility Challenges
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Cheers to the mamas who… 🥂 pour love into their families, even when they’re running on empty 🥂 are healing so their children experience love differently 🥂 are unlearning what no longer serves them and grow alongside their children 🥂 wake up early and go to bed late to make sure everyone is cared for 🥂 sit at homework tables after long days 🥂 show up to the games, practices, ceremonies, concerts, and assemblies 🥂 wipe tears, runny noses, and little faces with tenderness 🥂 hold their children through heartbreak while carrying their own 🥂 have experienced the heartbreak of losing a child and still find the strength to face the world each day 🥂 carry grief and love in the same heart 🥂 affirm their children for exactly who they are becoming 🥂 refuse to let motherhood bury their dreams 🥂 to the mamas building villages, planting kindness, leading with love, and trying again every single day. I see you, mama. 🩷 Share this with a mama you see showing up, loving hard, and doing her thing every single day.
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What good is investing in an empire… if your body can’t sustain it? I shared this at the @gpblackexperience. We’ll build the brand. We’ll chase the bag. We’ll pour into everyone else. But if your hormones are out of balance, your energy is depleted, your inflammation is rising, and your body is silently waving red flags… what are you really building? An empire requires endurance. Clarity. Strength. Longevity. And that starts from the inside. 82% of women are vitamin D deficient, while 42% of people in general are vitamin D deficient. This is more common than you think. Vitamin D deficiency shows up in ways society deems as a normal part of adulthood: Fatigue Moods Changes Weight fluctuation Hair Loss Cramps And mood swings… But it can turn around! The DeTox Now isn’t about a quick fix. It’s about Better Health. Eliminating inflammation, balancing hormones, and protecting your future from chronic disease before it ever gets the chance to take root. Because prevention is power. Balance is wealth. And Better Health is the foundation that holds everything else up. You can’t dominate the world exhausted. You can’t scale stressed and inflamed. You can’t enjoy success if your body is breaking down behind the scenes. Build the empire. But fortify the vessel carrying it. I had the privilege to speak to hundreds in DC at the Health Is Your Wealth Expo and we all collectively focused on how chasing the “Better Health Bag” will always be the answer to building your empire. Your legacy deserves a body strong enough to carry it. Your legacy deserves Better Health. 🗣️Comment D3 to download our FREE D3+K2 Superpower Guide. I’ll share links directly with you! MUA: @chynadollbrand HAIR: @_5ftcutie #HealthIsWealth #HormoneBalance #PreventativeHealth #TheDetoxNow #GPBlackExperience
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Come with me to The Birth Stories Brunch hosted by The Positive Results Corporation, Mind Body Birth & Karen the Therapist!! #birthstories
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Like our sis @angelayee said — you don’t need another present! The real gift is the gift of HEALING It’s time to: RESET, BALANCE & HEAL in 2026 and there’s no better time to do this than with our next group RESET Challenge starting Jan 18! There are different fast options to help support your personal lifestyle: How do you start? Well first: Pick a fast that works for you: ✅ Water Fast ✅ Fruit Fast ✅ Intermittent Fast And join our free community for a week of focus and fasting! Your body deserves this! Together we will detox our bodies from chronic inflammation, hormonal imbalance, and welcome stored energy and Better Health. 🩵Comment RESET and I’ll share more about our our DeToxNow RESET Kit with you so that you can get everything you need before the challenge starts! #detoxingtips #detox #hormonalbalance #weightloss #newyeargoals
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Sis, at this point — we can’t risk not prioritizing our health first. As women we spend too much time pouring into everyone else around us. We get it, it’s holiday season — the kids need gifts, the gatherings keep your schedule booked and busy but HEALING is calling … will you pick up? Give yourself the best gift you could ever give yourself this year: Better Health. And together we will do this! Our DeToxNow 7-Day RESET Challenge is coming Jan 18! There are different fast options to help support your personal lifestyle: How do you start? Well first: Pick a fast that works for you: ✅ Water Fast ✅ Fruit Fast ✅ Intermittent Fast And join our free community for a week of focus and fasting! Your body deserves this! Together we will detox our bodies from chronic inflammation, hormonal imbalance, and welcome stored energy and Better Health. Swipe through to read more about our client Jeanine’s @sororityrecords experience and then decide if you’re ready to reset? 🩵Comment RESET and I’ll share more about our many client’s story and the links to our DeToxNow RESET Kit with you! #detoxingtips #detox #hormonalbalance #weightloss #newyeargoals
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Months later and the RESULTS are still SHOWING UP! Our client Rahisha and her hubby Saleem gave us new updates on their journey to Better Health and the results are MIND-BLOWING! 🤯 They are still shedding weight, losing inches and feel better than ever. Together they originally lost 15lbs each, 30lbs collectively; but recently we’ve learned that Rahisha has shedding an additional 2 inches off of her waist line! Inches matter!!! This is proof that our DeToxNow Reset Kit is for both women and men. They are meeting their goals together, they feel more energized, more in control of their bodies, and healthier than ever. This is what Better Health looks like in real time! Rahisha and Salem’s story could be your story. Our DeToxNow 7-Day RESET Challenge is coming Jan 18. You should join US! Simply pick a fast that works for you: 🩵 Water Fast 🩵 Fruit Fast 🩵 Intermittent Fast And join our free community for a week of focus and fasting! Your body deserves this! Together we will detox our bodies from chronic inflammation, hormonal imbalance, and welcome stored energy and Better Health. Ready to reset? 🩵Comment RESET and I’ll share more about Rahisha and Salem’s story and the links to our DeToxNow RESET Kit with you! #detoxingtips #detox #hormonalbalance #weightloss #newyeargoals
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Nearly 88% of women diagnosed with breast cancer, had low levels of vitamin D reported. This is a HUGE tell-tell of how your hormones are deeply connected to your breast health. Let’s dig deeper into the conversation of how we can balance our hormones for better breast health. It starts by changing to a DeTox Lifestyle, giving support to our bodies through supplementation like our BalanceHer Manage Kit which supports your body’s natural ability to manage reproductive health concerns such as fibroids, endometriosis, cysts, adenomyosis, perimenopause menopause, chronic disease and much more. #breastcancerawareness #vitamind #supplements #hormonalbalance #d3 #womenshealth #breasthealth
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It started with an idea two years ago when @hollyjmitchell and I first talked about it in DC glad we got to turn the vision into execution . Grateful for all our partners @itsbiggerthanus_ @_beamorg @blackhealthtaskforce @therapeuticplayfoundation @rnbyoga @4ever4kidsfoundation @westvibesonly Our honorees @hallebailey @therealfaithevans @doc_k14 The best team ever @projectpit @designsbydorsey Most importantly to the , moms , kids and families that were able to attend and build community . Let’s get it !!!
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“The wound is the place where the light enters you” -Rumi Me and my homegirls have a love offering for the mamas in our community who have journeyed through postpartum hemorrhage. Join us this Thursday, 7/24, in Lawndale as we weave birth stories into medicine. RSVP link in my bio.
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You heard it first! Maureen @maureenaladin said it herself: Our 7-Day Water Fast is like the GLOW UP without the GRIND. In fact it’s the exact opposite of grinding—it’s about detoxing your life, prioritizing peace and healing your body from the inside out! We absolutely LOVE getting updates like these! Our long-term customer has been with us since our early days in 2018. She has seen first hand how our company has evolved over the years! Her journey began with preparing her body to conceive her miracle baby, and even after she reached her personal goal she knew longterm that Better Health was essential. Maureen is just like many of us. She would start with her lifestyle change and wouldn’t be consistent because she never set herself up for success. But with the NEW @thedetoxnow products we’ve simplified our formulas so drastically that it makes being consistent much more achievable! Listen to her testimony for yourself! She felt refreshed, rejuvenated, her skin was glowing and EVERYONE noticed! We are so proud of her taking back her control and prioritizing her health. If you’re still on the fence about whether DeToxing and Fasting is for you —let this be your confirmation that you can do it, and you can make it fit into your lifestyle. There are 3 life changing ways we support you with fasting. ✅ Water Fast ✅ Fruit Fast ✅ Interment Fast All 3 will support your body in regulating and resetting itself. It’s time to RESET. Are you up for the challenge? Comment 💙RESET💙 and I’ll personally send you more info about our next group Reset Challenge where we fast together for 7 days starting July 13! You will have the support you need to reset your body for Better Health! #detoxingtips #weightlossjourney #resetyourbody #fastingtips #fasting #detoxing #highbloodpressure #hypertension
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Just reading some of your symptoms literally stops us in our tracks. Living like this should a crime, and yet society has programmed us into thinking these extreme symptoms are normal. In case you’re wondering: heavy bleeding during your menstrual is not normal. Cramping to the point that it is crippling is not normal. Extreme mood swings … not normal! Feeling fatigued because you’re losing so much blood—not normal! Multiple periods in one month … NOT NORMAL! Extended periods lasting more than the normal timeframe of a standard period, NOT NORMAL. This is why we’ve worked so hard to deliver supportive supplements that bring balance to our clients. Whether you’re navigating fibroids, recovering from surgery, or trying to break the cycle of pain, this is your chance to finally heal… from the inside out. EliminateHer is the most potent anti-inflammatory in our entire DETOX NOW arsenal. Designed to work hand-in-hand with our best-selling BalanceHer and D3+K2 supplements, together they fight against fibroids, chronic inflammation, and scar tissue buildup. This month only, with a focus on Fibroid Awareness, we are offering 25% off our kits like the BalanceHer Accelerate Kit which supports your body to manage symptoms, while promoting your body’s ability to shrink and dissolve unwanted tissue, such as tumors and scar tissue, and reduce inflammation. Comment 💗BALANCE💗 and I’ll share the links to our BalanceHer Kits with you. #Fibroids #fibroidsawareness #fibroidsolution #blackwomenshealth #blackwomenhealing
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We just getting starting. Hit me for summer jam workout. Taking 5 new clients #stayfit
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