About Chelom Leavitt, Author of Sexual Mindfulness

Dr. Chelom Eastwood Leavitt is an Assistant Professor at Brigham Young University. She studies healthy sexuality in committed relationships and focuses on how mindfulness during sex may be associated with positive outcomes for both men and women. Dr. Leavitt’s work on sexual mindfulness included an intervention to teach couples how to be mindful during sexual experiences. This research taps into how the sexual experience is full of meaning, emotions, as well as physical sensations.

Born and raised in Yakima, Washington, Chelom began her college education at Brigham Young University studying Economics. She then attended Law School at BYU. During her legal career, Chelom taught law in Eastern Europe. It was there that she became interested in family relationships and how to create stronger bonds within these relationships. She finished a master's degree in Marriage, Family and Human Development at BYU in 2010 and returned to Ukraine as a 2010-2011 Fulbright Fellow to research and teach on family relationships. She then attended Penn State where she earned her PhD in Human Development and Family Studies.

Learn more at https://www.chelomleavitt.com/