Send us Fan Mail

Why does your knee, hip, back, shoulder, wrist, or foot keep hurting even after stretching, massage, physical therapy, or trying to treat the painful area?

The source of the problem may not be where you actually feel the pain.

Matthew sits down with Temple Keepers movement specialist Noah to explain his root-cause approach to pain, movement, mobility, and injury.

Using live examples, Noah walks through:

• Knee pain
• Hip and piriformis pain
• Wrist pain
• Neck tension and headaches
• Plantar fasciitis
• Heel pain
• Arthritis
• Back pain
• Mobility restrictions
• Muscle imbalances
• Nervous-system signaling
• Strength and tissue health

Noah explains why a knee problem may involve the hip or ankle, why a tight muscle may actually be compensating for weakness somewhere else, and why repeatedly treating only the painful spot can miss what is driving the problem.

You’ll also hear why movement needs the right dose, how the brain influences movement and tissue safety, and why restoring function usually means creating mobility AND building strength in that new range.

The goal is not simply to make the pain quieter.

It is to understand why the body is compensating in the first place.

📘 Free Temple Keeper Guide
https://thetemplekeepers.com/guide

🏛️ Temple Keeper Academy
https://thetemplekeepers.com/online-academy

🤝 Personalized 1:1 Coaching
https://thetemplekeepers.com/one-on-one-coaching

📸 Matthew — @GodFoodGuy
https://www.instagram.com/godfoodguy/

🌿 Leah
https://www.instagram.com/leah.headden/

🌐 Temple Keepers
https://thetemplekeepers.com/

Support the show

Send us Fan Mail

Why Nothing Works for Weight Loss in Perimenopause | A Christian Fix

If you're eating the same way you always have and this menopause belly showed up anyway, it is not a willpower problem. Your body is processing food differently. Here's why perimenopause weight loss stalls out, and the 7 boring basics that actually move visceral belly back.

In this video: subcutaneous vs visceral fat, why dropping estrogen + insulin resistance + cortisol push fat to your abdomen, what does not work (crunches, waist wraps, detox teas, cortisol powders, fat burners, endless cardio), the 1-4 self-sort, which labs to actually test, 30-40g protein per meal, fiber at every meal, keeping God Food at 90%, the 7pm-7am eating window, 10-minute walks after meals, sleep, alcohol, and waist ÷ hips under 0.85.

This is Christian weight loss for women over 40 — stewardship, not shame. Food is a gift, but it is a terrible god. Responsibility is hope.

Which one are you? 1 = afternoon crashes and carb cravings, 2 = tired but wired at 3am, 3 = eating little and getting softer, 4 = sitting most of the day. Drop your number below.

TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Eating less after 40 = more belly 00:40 Why the fat moved 02:10 What does not work 03:30 Which one are you (1-4) 04:30 Test, don't guess 05:10 The 7 boring basics 08:00 Alcohol 08:40 Measure + send

NEXT STEPS PICK WHICH RESOURCE BEST FITS YOU

Free Temple Keeper Blueprint → https://www.thetemplekeepers.com/guide Online Academy → https://thetemplekeepers.com/online-academy One-On-One Coaching → https://thetemplekeepers.com/one-on-one-coaching

#MenopauseBellyFat #PerimenopauseWeightLoss #ChristianWeightLoss

Support the show

Send us Fan Mail

How does chronic stress affect your body?

Fear and long-term stress can influence how you experience pain, hunger, cravings, fight-or-flight, and physical symptoms—and can make a real health obstacle feel impossible to overcome.

In this Christian health episode, Matthew explains why fear can become the interpreter of what is happening inside your body.

Your knee hurts, and fear says:
“My body is broken.”

You receive a diagnosis, and fear says:
“I’ll never get healthy.”

You struggled before, and fear says:
“I always fail.”

You feel a symptom, and fear says:
“Something terrible is happening.”

But is that actually true?

Using the story of the twelve spies in Numbers 13, Matthew explains why Joshua and Caleb could look at the same obstacle as everyone else and come to a completely different conclusion.

The obstacle was real.

But fear did not get to interpret what it meant.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

✅ How chronic stress and fear affect the nervous system
✅ Why fear can magnify pain and physical symptoms
✅ Why pain is an alarm—but does not always identify where the real problem began
✅ How trauma and hypervigilance can keep your body expecting danger
✅ The connection between stress, fight-or-flight, and chronic pain
✅ How belief and expectation can influence physical performance
✅ Why expectation can influence hunger and satiety signals
✅ How fear around PCOS, insulin resistance, and hormonal dysfunction can become part of the problem
✅ Why a diagnosis does not get to become your identity
✅ What Romans 12 actually means by renewing your mind
✅ How to take thoughts captive until they obey Christ
✅ How Philippians 4:8 gives you a filter for fear-driven thoughts
✅ What it means to have the mind of Christ
✅ How to stop looking at your body through fear, trauma, and past failure
✅ How to take wise action without allowing symptoms to become your lord

This is NOT positive thinking.

This is NOT pretending pain or a diagnosis is not real.

And this is not manifestation.

It is learning to ask:

“What is actually true?”

“Does this thought obey Christ?”

“Father, how do You see this?”

Then we take the next wise step.

Maybe the knee needs strengthening.

Maybe you need to change how you move.

Maybe your body needs more nourishment.

Maybe you need rest.

Maybe there is trauma, fear, or unforgiveness that needs to be brought into the light.

Maybe you need someone qualified to help you understand what is actually happening.

Some things really are giants.

But the giant can be real without YOU being a grasshopper.

Temple Keepers helps Christians identify what is actually keeping them stuck physically, behaviorally, emotionally, and spiritually and rebuild sustainable health across nutrition, movement, rest, and peace—with Christ as the foundation underneath all four.

🏛️ TEMPLE KEEPER ACADEMY
Biblical health education, weekly live coaching, community, accountability, practical resources, and workouts already programmed inside our app.

https://thetemplekeepers.com/online-academy

🤝 PERSONALIZED 1:1 COACHING
A plan built around your actual body, history, health, schedule, responsibilities, habits, stress patterns, and real life—with personalized nutrition and movement, Weekly Stewardship Check-Ins, adjustments, and access to your coach six days a week.

https://thetemplekeepers.com/one-on-one-coaching

📘 FREE TEMPLE KEEPER GUIDE
https://thetemplekeepers.com/guide

📸 MATTHEW — @GODFOODGUY
https://www.instagram.com/godfoodguy/

🌿 LEAH
https://www.instagram.com/leah.headden/

▶️ TEMPLE KEEPERS YOUTUBE
https://www.youtube.com/@thetemplekeepers

🌐 TEMPLE KEEPERS
https://thetemplekeepers.com/

Support the show

Send us Fan Mail

What is the holiest place on earth?

Matthew and Leah argue that it is much closer than most Christians realize: your body the place God chose to dwell.

In this foundational Temple Keepers episode, they explain why caring for your health is not vanity, punishment, or another worldly fitness pursuit. It is stewardship.

They walk through the four pillars of becoming a Temple Keeper:

Nutrition.
Movement.
Rest.
Peace.

With Christ as the foundation underneath all four.

You’ll learn how to simplify God Food, build movement into real life, use the Floor and the Full instead of all-or-nothing thinking, prioritize sleep and Sabbath, and address the fear, control, stress, and unrest underneath many health struggles.

You do not need to change everything tomorrow.

Take one faithful step.

📘 Free Temple Keeper Guide
https://thetemplekeepers.com/guide

🏛️ Temple Keeper Academy
https://thetemplekeepers.com/online-academy

🤝 Personalized 1:1 Coaching
https://thetemplekeepers.com/one-on-one-coaching

🌐 Temple Keepers
https://thetemplekeepers.com/

Support the show

Send us Fan Mail

Are you serving everyone around you while quietly running yourself into the ground?

Matthew and Leah talk about Christian people pleasing, boundaries, self-neglect, and why constantly putting yourself last is not the same thing as faithfulness.

They unpack why Jesus withdrew, rested, prayed, ate, and allowed people to be disappointed — and why Christians are not called to keep everyone happy at the expense of their own health.

You’ll also learn the difference between being a peacemaker and a peacekeeper, how fear of rejection or conflict can drive people pleasing, and why some of us have trained our families and communities to expect constant access.

The question is not simply:

“Why can’t I say no?”

It may be:

“Why does their disappointment feel dangerous?”

Love your neighbor as yourself.

Not instead of yourself.

📘 Free Temple Keeper Guide
https://thetemplekeepers.com/guide

🏛️ Temple Keeper Academy
https://thetemplekeepers.com/online-academy

🤝 Personalized 1:1 Coaching
https://thetemplekeepers.com/one-on-one-coaching

🌐 Temple Keepers
https://thetemplekeepers.com/

Support the show

Send us Fan Mail

How much protein do you actually need to lose fat?

Most people think they eat plenty—until they look at breakfast, lunch, and dinner separately.

Matthew gives you a simple formula for setting your daily protein target based on your target body weight, explains how to divide it across your meals, and shows you what 35–50 grams of protein actually looks like.

You’ll also learn why breakfast is usually the first meal to fix, why peanut butter and cheese are not primary protein sources, how to meal prep protein without cooking seven different recipes, and how to monitor your protein for one week without returning to obsessive calorie tracking.

The goal is simple:

Calculate your target.
Divide it across your meals.
Fix breakfast first.
Build gradually.

📘 Free Temple Keeper Guide
https://thetemplekeepers.com/guide

🏛️ Temple Keeper Academy
https://thetemplekeepers.com/online-academy

🤝 Personalized 1:1 Coaching
https://thetemplekeepers.com/one-on-one-coaching

📸 Matthew — @GodFoodGuy
https://www.instagram.com/godfoodguy/

🌿 Leah
https://www.instagram.com/leah.headden/

🌐 Temple Keepers
https://thetemplekeepers.com/

Support the show

Send us Fan Mail

Why do you keep doing the opposite of what you genuinely intended to do?

You set the alarm, plan the meals, schedule the workout, and promise yourself this time will be different—then real life happens and the plan disappears.

Matthew explains how the hidden questions we carry from childhood can quietly influence our health, relationships, work, boundaries, food, exercise, and ability to stay consistent.

Am I safe?
Am I loved?
Am I wanted?
Am I good enough?
Am I successful?
Do I have a purpose?

When one of those questions was answered with a “no,” we can spend years chasing a yes or desperately avoiding another no—without even realizing it.

This episode will help you recognize the pattern, understand why motivation alone has never fixed it, and begin moving from fight, flight, and freeze toward truth, peace, and faithful action.

📘 Free Temple Keeper Guide
https://thetemplekeepers.com/guide

🏛️ Temple Keeper Academy
https://thetemplekeepers.com/online-academy

🤝 Personalized 1:1 Coaching
https://thetemplekeepers.com/one-on-one-coaching

🌐 Temple Keepers
https://thetemplekeepers.com/

Support the show

Send us Fan Mail

Your bloodwork is “normal.”

So why are you still exhausted, hungry, gaining belly fat, bloated, foggy, or struggling with your hormones?

Matthew sits down with Temple Keepers coach Sarah Fox, a nurse with more than 20 years of experience, to talk about why isolated lab values often do not tell the whole story.

They discuss fasting insulin, A1C, insulin resistance, visceral fat, liver health, menopause, muscle loss, protein needs, gut health, fiber, cortisol, stress, and why strength training and daily movement matter so much as we age.

The goal is not to chase one number.

It is to understand the whole person and identify what may actually be keeping the body from functioning well.

📘 Free Temple Keeper Guide
https://thetemplekeepers.com/guide

🏛️ Temple Keeper Academy
https://thetemplekeepers.com/online-academy

🤝 Personalized 1:1 Coaching
https://thetemplekeepers.com/one-on-one-coaching

📸 Matthew — @GodFoodGuy
https://www.instagram.com/godfoodguy/

🌿 Leah
https://www.instagram.com/leah.headden/

▶️ Temple Keepers YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@thetemplekeepers

🌐 Temple Keepers
https://thetemplekeepers.com/

Support the show