My name is Beth Coke. I am a licensed psychologist in the state of California. I love helping people see their full potential and move towards reaching this potential.
Sometimes I use my time running, walking the dog or lifting weights to think or to pray. There is something about when I am moving that makes my brain start to work and fully process things. Maybe this is just me, but my best ideas and thoughts have come from a run. Some of the … More Trusting in Everything
So a few weeks ago I decided I would sign up for a half-marathon and signed up for a race in November. You know what a race in November means? It means starting half-marathon training in the summer heat. For those who may be blessed enough to have summers that are not unbearable, just know … More Back to training
So just over a week ago I ran the LA Marathon for the 6th time. There truly is something about the LA Marathon…at least there was. For the first time in 6 years of running (not consecutive years) I was very disappointed in the race as a whole. I mean even the year that they … More LA Marathon Recap
Sometimes we think that God had forgotten us. We think that we are not important enough to be thought of by God. We think we are not deserving of his love or attention. We may begin to judge ourselves by societies standards. However, when we do this we find ourselves trapped in a downward spiral. … More The God who sees me
Welcome to another week of Motivation Monday! How are you doing on your fitness and wellness journey? Have you already thrown those New Years goals and resolutions out the window? Are you white knuckling holding on and hoping that things get better? Have you been consistent and are in a good groove now? Well here … More Motivation Monday
This week a race I had been training for once again announced that they were rescheduling. This is my 6th year running the LA Marathon (5th year in a row of doing the Conqur LA Challenge). Initially the race date was pushed from early March to the end of May and now it has been … More Motivation Monday
Good morning (well it is morning here where I am). Happy Monday! As we enter the last week of January it is about time to check back in on those fitness and wellness goal we set at the beginning of the year. How are we doing with the goals we set? Are we still eating … More Motivation Monday
Happy Monday! Are you ready for the new week? Have you made your plans and are excited to start the week? This is the week where people start to make the decisions on whether or not to keep pushing. We are entering the half-way point of the month and it is about this point where … More Motivation Monday!
2020 has brought us several challenges in the world of fitness and wellness. With COVID restrictions there have been many limitations on what we can do. Gyms have been closed and then open and then closed since March. On top of that we have been working from home and living in comfortable stretchy pants since … More Fitness Success in 2021
Here we are in the midst of October 2020 and it seems as though we have not moved far from some of the initial days of COVID. For some communities gyms have begun to open up, for others they have remained closed. Running events are still virtual… and who knows when we will begin to … More Checking in
Fitness and Faith 