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EPISODE · Sep 4, 2026 · 24 MIN

Why You Can’t Sleep, Lose Weight, or Stop Craving Sugar | Chronic Stress

from Temple Keepers · host Matthew Headden

Send us Fan MailPeace is not a situation you finally get under control.If your sleep is broken, your digestion is struggling, your cravings are rising, and your body constantly feels like something is chasing you, chronic stress may be affecting far more than your mood.Matthew explains how fight or flight affects the nervous system, gut-brain connection, sleep, hormones, energy, emotional eating, and weight. He also unpacks the seven primal questions—Am I safe? Am I loved? Am I wanted? Am I good enough?—and how those unanswered questions can train us to seek relief through food, control, scrolling, the scale, people-pleasing, and avoidance.You’ll learn why relief is not peace, what your triggers reveal, and how to retrain your body, mind, and habits to receive and practice the peace Christ has already given you.Peace gets trained before the storm.And the storm reveals what has been trained in us.📘 Free Temple Keeper Guidehttps://thetemplekeepers.com/guide🏛️ Temple Keeper Academyhttps://thetemplekeepers.com/online-academy🤝 Personalized 1:1 Coachinghttps://thetemplekeepers.com/one-on-one-coaching🌐 Temple Keepershttps://thetemplekeepers.com/Support the show

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Send us Fan Mail Peace is not a situation you finally get under control. If your sleep is broken, your digestion is struggling, your cravings are rising, and your body constantly feels like something is chasing you, chronic stress may be affecting far more than your mood. Matthew explains how fight or flight affects the nervous system, gut-brain connection, sleep, hormones, energy, emotional eating, and weight. He also unpacks the seven primal questions—Am I safe? Am I loved? Am I wanted? A...

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