The Sexual Mindfulness Project - Chelom Leavitt
In this Stronger Marriage webinar, Dr. Chelom Leavitt—professor, attorney, and mother of 10—shares practical tools for raising emotionally healthy children. She discusses the importance of parent-child connection, guiding kids toward sexual wholeness, and how to have effective conversations about emotions, values, and identity. Learn how slowing down, staying present, and modeling emotional regulation can help your children feel secure and confident in today’s complex world.
Time Markers
00:00 – Welcome and introduction by Nyah Phelps
00:26 – Dr. Leavitt’s background: Law, academia, and family life
01:22 – Parenting in a digital, fast-paced world
02:40 – Why connection is key to raising emotionally healthy kids
04:08 – How presence helps kids regulate and feel safe
05:38 – The power of staying calm in the chaos
06:49 – Sexual wholeness vs. just abstinence or risk avoidance
08:30 – Teaching kids to integrate values, emotions, and spirituality
10:07 – Helping kids feel empowered and loved in their bodies
11:42 – Shifting from fear-based to connection-based parenting
13:19 – Building trust with older kids and teens
14:40 – How to begin meaningful conversations about sex and emotions
15:48 – Practicing open listening without shame or fear
17:22 – Parents don’t need to have all the answers—just show up
18:16 – Encouragement: You are enough as a parent
19:00 – Q&A and closing remarks
About Chelom Leavitt:
Chelom Leavitt received her MS from BYU’s MFHD program and her PhD from Penn State. Chelom studies healthy sexuality in committed relationships and focuses on how mindfulness during sex may be associated with positive outcomes for both men and women. She teaches about healthy relationships in the School of Family Life at BYU. Her recent publications include cross-cultural work on sexual mindfulness, how loneliness impacts relationships, and two studies examining men’s and women’s sexual response cycles and orgasm. Chelom is married to David Leavitt and they have nine children.
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