#61 How To Control Your Gag Reflex, Swallowing & Deep Throating With Dr. Ianessa Humbert

The Bad Girls Bible - Sex, Relationships, Dating, Love & Marriage Advice

Sean Jameson

Health & Fitness, Sexuality

3.8 • 899 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Struggling with your gag reflex during oral sex? You're not alone. Joining us today to explore the complexities of managing this reflex is Dr. Ianessa Humbert, an accomplished scientist, professor, and sought-after speaker specializing in swallowing and swallowing disorders. In this episode, Dr. Humbert breaks down the gag reflex and its triggers, before sharing her expert advice for minimizing an overactive gag reflex during oral sex. Join us as we unpack the various factors that can contribute to discomfort, from the sensory to the psychological, and explore practical methods for overcoming it, including calming self-talk and easily accessible relaxation techniques. We also discuss semen allergies (and aversions) and how to overcome them, before examining the physical strain involved in oral sex, optimal blow job positions, and some of the best ways to make oral sex more enjoyable for the giver.

Key Points From This Episode:

Dr. Humbert’s background as a speech-language pathologist (SLP).
Unpacking the gag reflex, its functions, and how it gets triggered.
Practical tips for minimizing an overactive gag reflex.
Using the gag reflex for pleasure during oral sex by creating natural lube.
Psychological factors, and other elements, that can cause an overactive gag reflex.
Using distractions, arousal, and self-talk to manage your gag reflex.
How music and substances like weed can help you relax and reduce anxiety.
The potential for semen allergies during oral sex (and how to overcome it).
Strategies for deeper ejaculation to avoid taste buds.
Avoiding numbing sprays to prevent long-term nerve damage.
Tips for making oral sex more enjoyable for the giver.
The importance of communication and consent in oral sex.
An overview of the physical strain involved in performing oral sex.
How cosmetic procedures like Botox can impact muscle function.
Exploring the flexibility of the tongue in oral sex performance.
Positions to reduce strain and the gag reflex during oral sex.
How to get in touch with Dr. Ianessa Humbert.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Dr. Ianessa Humbert — https://www.ianessahumbert.com/
Dr. Ianessa Humbert on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianessahumbert/
Dr. Ianess Humbert on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ianessahumbert/

The Swallowing Wellness Center — https://www.swallowingwellness.com/

GULP Group YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@gulpgroup?si=SKgeqeU8cxOG-dOW

Bad Girls Bible Newsletter — https://badgirlsbible.com/newsletter

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	But here's the beautiful part of it. In general, when you gag, obviously, you want to have
0:05.8	lube and your body creates lube. It actually creates a much thicker, more viscous saliva
0:11.1	than the saliva that comes from your sublingual glands in your oral cavity that tend to be
0:16.8	more thin and watery, right? So you almost, you create a very natural lube, if you will.
0:23.6	There are some people who gag just a little bit to get that lube up in the middle of the act
0:29.0	because they are so in touch with their body that they can do just like a mini gag.
0:41.1	This is the Bad Girls Bible Podcast.
0:46.3	I'm your host, Sean Jameson, and this is the place where I interview experts and professionals and everyone in between to teach you how to dramatically improve your relationships
0:50.7	and have more enjoyable sex more often.
0:56.5	If you're not already subscribed to the Bad Girls Bible podcast, you just need to open your podcasts app, search for Bad Girls Bible,
1:02.1	and hit that subscribe button so you get the latest episodes delivered straight to you the moment
1:08.7	they are released. Today I'm talking with Dr. Ianessa
1:13.9	Humbert. She is an accomplished scientist, professor and highly sought-after speaker with
1:19.3	expertise in swallowing and swallowing disorders. Dr. Humbert, Ianessa, thanks so much for
1:24.4	coming on the show. Thank you. I'm so excited to talk to your audience.
1:28.8	Awesome.
1:29.6	So I'd love to start off, like I start off every podcast, with a little bit about you, your
1:34.7	background and how you came to, I guess, become a swallowologist or study swallowing disorders.
1:42.8	Sure.
1:43.6	So my background is in speech language pathology,
1:47.2	and speech language pathologists deal with a wide range of things, everywhere from articulating
1:52.8	sounds to language, cognition, voice disorders, as well as following disorders. And while I started
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sean Jameson, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Sean Jameson and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.