Episode 670: Dr. Chelom Leavitt, Associate Professor at BYU, Sexual Mindfulness

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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My friend Dr. Chelom Leavitt (JD from BYU Law School; Masters in Marriage, Family and Human Development BYU; PhD in Human Development and Family Studies Penn State) joins us to talk about research in sexual function, sexual mindfulness and the connection between sex and relationship well-being. Dr Leavitt—who teaches on this subject in the BYU School of Family Life and is a married mother of nine—talks about the research and this subject and how to teach it to improve sexual mindfullness in marriage—resulting in stronger marriages. She also talks about how it is Satan (not our Heavenly Father) that introduces shame into this subject and how/why talking about it is important in our marriages and talking about sex with our children. I learned so much listening to Dr. Leavitt—principles and insights I wish I had heard earlier in my life which would have given me better tools as a husband, father, and in my YSA service. Dr. Leavitt is doing groundbreaking work in our community and beyond and I encourage everyone to check out her podcast and her work. Thank you, Dr. Leavitt, for being on the podcast and your needed work. Links: Bio: chelomleavitt.com/ Podcast: chelomleavitt.com/podcasts/ BYU Page: fhssfaculty.byu.edu/directory/chelom-leavitt Sexual Wholeness in Marriage: amazon.com//dp/B00IIE0UR8/ A Better Way to Teach Your Kids about Sex: amazon.com/dp/B07FT7BNRV Psychology Today Page: psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/chelom-e-leavitt-jd-phd

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:10.0	We did an episode, Episode 652. Dr. Julie Bramini McBride did a podcast about helping women solve porn use, and then she has got a couple cohorts, I guess, is a good term,
0:25.8	that are also talking about really important subjects in our faith community
0:30.0	and kind of roped them in to be on the podcast.
0:33.2	And one of those is our guest today, and we have one coming up in a while.
0:39.9	Roped in, it probably isn't the right term, but anyway, this is Dr. Shalom Levitt.
0:46.3	Welcome to the podcast, Dr. Levitt.
0:48.7	Thank you.
0:49.5	I'm delighted to be here.
0:51.0	I'll read you a little bit of the bio of of Dr. Levitt. She is an assistant professor
0:56.9	in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University where she researches sexual
1:02.6	functions, sexual mightness, and the connection between sex and relationship well-being. She
1:08.9	received her Ph.D. from Penn State. Her research specifically
1:12.6	examines how being present, accepting a non-judgmental is linked to improve sexual functioning
1:18.7	and satisfaction. Dr. Levitt's research has been published in academic journals, including the
1:25.1	Journal of Sex Research and Archives of Sexual Behavior.
1:29.7	She teaches seminars on sex and healthy relationship around the world.
1:34.2	She grew up in Yakima, Washington, with seven sisters and one brother.
1:39.1	She attended BYU as an undergraduate in economics and then went on to the J. Rubin Clark Law School.
1:45.2	On the first day of law school, Shalom met David Levitt, and they are married,
1:51.3	and they married after their first year of law school.
1:55.3	Shalom practices family and practice family and estate law for years, and then returned to get her master's degree in marriage and family and human development.
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