Temple Keepers
Temple Keepers is a faith and fitness podcast for Christian men and women who want to honor God with their whole lives.
Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, and caring for it is not vanity. It is stewardship.
Hosted by Matthew and Leah Headden, this podcast is for you if you are trying to lose weight, break unhealthy patterns, build strength, lead your family well, or simply stop feeling stuck, Temple Keepers will help you get back to what matters most. Just honest conversations, biblical truth, real science, and practical steps to help you walk in greater health, freedom, and obedience.
This is for the person who knows their health journey is about more than appearance. It is about worship. It is about discipline. It is about becoming the man or woman God has called you to be.
Welcome to Temple Keepers.
Episodes
71 episodes
Is Your Obedience To God Conditional?
Le'ts talk about one of the biggest traps in Christian weight loss: allowing the scale to decide whether we keep obeying.The scale can give you information.It does not get authority over your emotions, your identity, your consiste...
WHY YOUR DIET FAILS
If every hard day ends with you standing in the pantry, you probably don’t need another diet.You already know what to eat. The deeper question is: why do you keep eating when you’re not physically hungry?In this episode, Ma...
Stop Calling Bondage “Grace” | What Titus 2 Actually Teaches
Grace does not just forgive us—grace trains us. Matthew breaks down Titus 2, self-control, delayed obedience, the difference between condemnation and cheap grace, why our brains resist change, and why receiving accountability does not mean rely...
It Shouldn’t Be This Hard | Why You’re Still Stuck With Your Health
You’re eating clean. You’re trying to exercise. You’ve prayed about it. Maybe you’ve blamed your hormones, your schedule, your metabolism, your cravings, or the fact that life is just too busy.And you keep thinking:“It shouldn’...
YOU'RE NOT FAT:STOP ATTACHING LIES TO GOD'S NAME
If you keep saying “I am” and then letting shame, food, addiction, failure, or your past finish the sentence, this episode is for you. Matthew breaks down guilt versus shame, the identity loop, self-forgiveness, and how to stop answering to nam...
Meals Made Simple
If eating healthy feels confusing, expensive, and impossible to maintain, you probably do not need another diet. Matthew explains how to take the meals your family already loves and improve them with protein, produce, God-given carbohydrates, a...
How to Help Picky Kids Eat Healthier | Autism, ADHD & Family Routines
If every meal becomes a fight, your child refuses healthier foods, and you are exhausted trying to change the whole house, this episode is for you.Matthew talks with occupational therapist Dr. Katie about picky eating, autism, ADHD, visu...
Walking Isn’t Enough | Build Muscle to Burn More and Control Blood Sugar
If you walk every day but still feel weak, struggle with blood sugar, or cannot get your metabolism moving, walking may not be enough.Muscle helps your body use glucose, improves insulin sensitivity, supports your metabolism, and protect...
STOP PRAYING ABOUT IT
If you keep praying for clarity while avoiding the step you already know God told you to take, this episode will hit hard. I share why prayer can become disobedience dressed in spiritual language, why comfort has become a counterfeit Christ for...
I Was Failing as a Christian Man | Chris’s Transformation Story
If you know you should be leading your family, but your habits are telling them a different story, Chris’s testimony will hit hard. He shares how he went from depressed, exhausted, and 260 pounds to losing 50–60 pounds, gaining muscle, renewing...
Mastering Menopause as a Temple Keeper
Menopause can make us feel like our body turned against us overnight. In this masterclass, we'll explain what is changing and how nutrition, strength, sleep, and peace can help us rebuild the foundation instead of fighting our body.&nbs...
"I Couldn't Minister Like This"
If you are a husband, father, or pastor who knows you need to change but still feels stuck, you need to hear this!Brian was foggy, exhausted, overweight, a poor witness and unable to show up for the people he was called to serve. He los...
Forgive Like Jesus | How Unforgiveness Affects the Body and Soul
Unforgiveness and trauma does not just affect the heart. It makes us sick too.In this episode, Matthew breaks down self-forgiveness, bitterness, resentment, and how forgiveness can become a real path to healing.WORK WITH US:...
How to Reverse Insulin Resistance| What Actually Works
Insulin resistance does not just happen out of nowhere.In this episode, Matthew sits down with Dr. Rachel Shuck to break down what insulin resistance and diabetes actually are, why we are seeing such a spike in them, and what people can...
Does God Care About Your Body?
What does it mean to surrender your body to God?In this episode, I breaks down why the body is not separate from spirituality and why so many Christians have disconnected their faith from how they eat, move, rest, and live. We talk about...
Having the Mind of Christ: The Mind of Christ | Stop Letting the Flesh Interpret Your Life
The mind of Christ is deeper than asking, “What would Jesus do?”In this episode, Matthew breaks down what it means to stop letting the flesh interpret our body, our cravings, our wounds, our worth, and our daily choices. We talk about r...
Spiritual Formation Is Not Self-Improvement | Stop Fighting God
Spiritual formation is not self-improvement.If we keep trying to fix ourselves, control everything, or only surrender until life gets uncomfortable, this episode will help us see what God may actually be doing. Matthew breaks down why f...
Jesus in your Health: Becoming a Temple Keeper
A lot of Christians have left Jesus out of their health and don’t even realize it.In this episode, I break down what it actually means to be a Temple Keeper. We talk about why the body is not separate from discipleship, why health is not...
Jesus or the Enemy | Who's Driving Your Health?
What is really driving your choices right now. Fear or love?In this episode, I break down the two operating systems so many of us are living from. Fear or love. We talk about how fear distorts food, movement, rest, control, comfort, and...
Do You Really Believe Jesus Can Heal YOU?
In this episode, I go into the deeper issue behind healing, belief, and the agreements we make with hopelessness without even realizing it. We talk about how self-identity, surrender, stewardship, and biblical belief all shape the way we live, ...
Surfeting -The Sin Jesus Warned us about Nobody is Talking About
Do you start eating and feel like you can't stop?In this episode, I unpacks the biblical warning of surfeiting and how overeating, overconsumption, cravings, stress, and self-focus can weigh down both the body and the spirit. I walks th...
Retraining Your Reactions God’s Way | Feelings Are Real. But They Are Not Instructions
What if the reason you keep going back to the same habits is not weakness, but training?In this episode, I unpack the connection between behavioral psychology, neuroplasticity, spiritual warfare, and everyday obedience. I explains why st...
Overcoming the All or Nothing Mindset | The Floor and the Full
If you struggle with the All or Nothing mindset, this episode will change your life.In this episode, I break down why one slip can turn into a full spiral, why perfectionism is arrogant and unbiblical, and why God never asked you to be p...
Holy Habits | Crucifying the Habits Holding You Back
What if the issue is not that you need a better plan. What if something in you needs to die?In this episode, we talk about obedience, sacrifice, Holy Week, daily surrender, and what it really means to take up your cross and follow Jesus....
Sugar Cravings Explained | Comfort Eating, Cravings, and How to Break the Cycle
Why do sugar cravings feel so strong, even when you know they are not helping you?In this episode, we talk about what is really behind sugar cravings, how comfort and emotional patterns shape the way we eat, and practical steps to help y...
