Trauma Banding with Dr. Foxglove

Ep. 32: Twenty Decks and a Dead Sister- The Weight of Carrying Grief

Ivy Foxglove — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT

We're back with a new name and new conversations, but the same love.

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When you're done, head on over to Manapool.com and buy yourself some cards as a treat.

Then, head over to Commander's Herald to read more articles from your favorite psychologist <3

Grief and Gathering Ep. 31: Sadness on The Stack

Ivy Foxglove — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT

Guess whose back..again again? We're talking about depression, burnout, and how to separate the two.

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When you're done, head on over to manapool.com and buy yourself some cards as a treat.

Then, head over to Commander's Herald to read more articles from your favorite psychologist <3

Grief and Gathering Ep. 29: Cumulative Upkeeps and The Prices We Pay

Ivy Foxglove — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT

We're back for another episode of Grief and Gathering. Life is hard. Podcasts are hard. Being a person is hard. Let's talk about it together.
When we're done talking about it, head on over to manapool.com ?ref=foxglove and buy yourself some cards as a treat. Then, head over to https://commandersherald.com/author/ivy/ to read more articles from your favorite psychologist <3

Grief and Gathering Ep. 28: When Your Body Plays Too Much Interaction

Ivy Foxglove — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:30:00 GMT

We're back y'all. Life is hard. Chronic Illness is hard. But we're doing our best. Sit down while we chat about the struggles of having a resident blue mage as your own body, managing our mana reserves, and what's next for G&G.
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Like silly articles? Like reading about complicated mental health topics in an accessible way? Check out my articles on Commander's Herald:
https://commandersherald.com/author/ivy/

Grief and Gathering Ep. 20: Ghosts in Sleeves

Ivy Foxglove — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:54:09 GMT

It's no secret that grief can impact so many parts of our lives. In this episode we explore how grief changed how we show up in games.

Grief and Gathering Ep. 25: ATLA and Mental Health

Ivy Foxglove — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:05:00 GMT

Turns out that there are a bunch of parallels between Avatar: the Last Airbender and Magic: the Gathering; almost as if there should be a #MTGxATLA set? Oh, there is? And it's debuting soon? Amazing! Let's dive on in <3

Grief and Gathering Ep. 18: Kink Through the White Lens

Ivy Foxglove — Tue, 06 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT

We're starting a new mini-series. We've been real heavy lately..so let's change tones a bit. We're talking about kink, and what the colors we're drawn to in MtG may say about our more...intimate, desires. Come play with me, have some fun, and maybe learn a bit about yourself? If I'm lucky??

#MTG #EDH #Commander #MentalHealth #Kink #Sexandgaming

Grief and Gathering Ep. 6: The Rule 0 to 69 Pipeline

Ivy Foxglove — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:31:00 GMT

WHAT!? Our skills playing Magic the Gathering can increase our comfort and abilities in the bedroom (or living room, or back yard, or wherever you do your business)? That's right. So let's talk about sex, Baby!

Grief and Gathering: Mana After Midnight

Ivy Foxglove — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 01:27:48 GMT

Maybe we don't always want to listen to a new episode at 9AM on our way to work..especially some of more "adult" themed episodes. So: be on the lookout for these late-night uploads so that maybe you can have something to tickle your..brain, before bed time.

Grief and Gathering Ep. 4 - When Grief Goes Unheard

Ivy Foxglove — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Not all types of Grief are acknowledged equally. So often we force certain losses under the rug. Let's talk about them and keep using our knowledge of MtG to unpack hard topics!

Grief and Gathering Ep. 8: Missing The Signs

Ivy Foxglove — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT

This is a heavy one. Sometimes, we don't recognize when people are doing shitty things. But just because we don't see the lines our opponents are making, doesn't mean we're to blame.

Thanks for listening. Send in your Wet Fart moments!

Grief and Gathering Ep. 5: Phasing Back In

Ivy Foxglove — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT

We received bad news on Tuesday. It sucks. Sometimes, we need to cast a Teferi's Protection and phase out for a bit to protect ourselves and our life totals. But- eventually we have to phase back in. Let's talk about the hard thoughts and feelings that come from this unexpected kind of loss.

Grief and Gathering Ep. 9: Gaming Sexpectations

Ivy Foxglove — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 19:05:46 GMT

Whether it's pornography or Game Knights, there's a place for entertainment! Where we run into difficulties is when we use entertainment for instructional purposes. Let's talk about the place these things have in our world!

Thanks for listening! Have a wet fart moment? Share it with me and end up featured on a future episode of Grief and Gathering!

Grief and Gathering Ep. 16: Xantcha is SO Visible

Ivy Foxglove — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:50:56 GMT

It's Trans Day of Visibility! Or..it was when this episode was supposed to air. But to heck with it, we roll anyways!

Join me as we chat about my identity as a trans woman, the struggles I face with internalized transphobia, and my love for Xantcha and how she relates to my trans experience.

Grief and Gathering Ep. 15: Misplays on the Stack

Ivy Foxglove — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:30:00 GMT

Mistakes. They feel bad. They make us question things. But, in Magic AND life, could mistakes actually be a very helpful teacher? You decide as we spend some time chatting about mistakes, how we recover, and how we can change our relationship with them.

Grief and Gathering Ep. 17: The Quiet Goodbye, Going No-Contact

Ivy Foxglove — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 08:00:00 GMT

There are so many ways to say, "I Love You". Sometimes, the best way to show ourselves love it so recognize when it's time to move away from the people who hurt us, and start writing our own stories again.

Grief and Gathering Ep.1: Liliana Wasn't Crazy

Ivy Foxglove — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:36:54 GMT

Welcome, Planeswalkers, to Grief and Gathering; a show where we look at the complex monster of bereavement and break it down in a way that feels accessible and informative.

In this introductory episode we spend some time learning about grief, what it is, and we talk about our first In-Universe parallel: Liliana Vess.

Grief and Gathering Ep. 19: No Reanimate

Ivy Foxglove — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:56:45 GMT

We're back from an extended break following Lady Foxglove's own grief experience. Listen to our first episode back and walk through Ivy processing her own recent death loss.

As always, thank you for listening.

Grief and Gathering Ep. 24: Featured Commander

Ivy Foxglove — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT

We're starting another new mini-series where we feature a different legendary creature. This episode features "Dave" a legendary Naya father figure who died from cancer. Come hear his story, share in our grief, and see how magic can help us tell their stories.

Grief and Gathering Ep. 23: Winning the War of Attrition

Ivy Foxglove — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT

It's suicide prevention month! Or, at least, it was at the time of recording this! Let's talk about depression, suicide, and how it can feel like playing against a really annoying control deck.

As always- reach out if you'd like help finding resources. They're out there.

Thanks, neighbor. See you next time!

Grief and Gathering Ep. 13: Dropping the Con Drop

Ivy Foxglove — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 13:30:00 GMT

Another magic con has come and gone. Let's chat about #MCChicago, its ups and downs, and how to tackle those rough feelies.

Grief & Gathering Ep. 3: Con Drop

Ivy Foxglove — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT

What is "con-drop"? Why do we have it? What do we do about it? Let's gather around and talk about it!

Grief and Gathering: Mana After Midnight- The Color Black

Ivy Foxglove — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 01:13:33 GMT

Welcome to the night shift, neighbor. We're back with our color of desire miniseries and are examining the color black.

#MtG #EDH #BlackMana #psychology #kink

Grief and Gathering Ep. 26: Featured Commander w/ StrixhavenDropout

Ivy Foxglove — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:30:00 GMT

Welcome back, neighbor. We're back this week for another episode of our legendary creature series where we invite community members to come on and share the story of a special person of theirs that is no longer alive. Come listen to Cas aka Strixhavendropout talk about her Mrs. Bumbleflower of a mother, tackling ambiguous feelings of the deceased, and finding joy in small things.

Enjoy hearing Cas talk? Find her everywhere here: https://linktr.ee/strixhavendropout

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Grief and Gathering Ep. 14: On My Upkeep?

Ivy Foxglove — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 13:22:40 GMT

There's some funky audio in the beginning, and I apologize! But for this new episode- I'm letting things not be perfect. In a weird way, I felt like that goes with the theme of today. Where do we put our energy when the world is bad? What do we do? Let's chat about the world in this special episode of grief and gathering. And at the end- let's practice a very special guided imagery exercise. I hope you'll do it with me and find it useful.

CW: mental health challenges, state of the world, suicidality,

Grief and Gathering Ep. 11: The Human Spirit On Innistrad

Ivy Foxglove — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 13:30:00 GMT

We're almost done with our time on #InnistradRemastered, but before we go..let's talk about humans. Why, on a plane with vampires, werewolves, and ghosts do so many people like the HUMANS? Listen in and tell me your thoughts below.

Thanks again, as always, to WotC for making me a #MTGAmbassador!

Grief and Gathering Ep. 21: Cycling Out

Ivy Foxglove — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:30:00 GMT

Sometimes we have to cycle cards from our hands in hopes of something better. That uncertainty is hard. Let's talk about how it mirrors moving forward from relationships, making the decision to cycle someone out of our lives, hoping for a better life without someone in it.

This episode was plagued with some audio difficulties, but we did our best to edit and it still sounds messy, robotic, and lispy. But- part of creating is letting something be imperfect, and putting it into the world anyways.

If you're able to stick around past the imperfections, I hope it's a message underneath that you can take something from <3

Grief and Gathering Ep.2: Taking a Break From Grief

Ivy Foxglove — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:00:00 GMT

Welcome back, planeswalkers! One of the many misconceptions of grief is that it is linear and typical. In this episode we're looking at our beloved ratkin, Nashi, to show how that is not the case!

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Grief and Gathering Ep. 7: The Optimization Trap

Ivy Foxglove — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT

In and out of Magic, Optimization is often the goal. But- what if instead of worrying about optimization, we let things exist how they are in this moment? This week, let's use MtG to think about how we lose out on opportunities by waiting for optimal moments.

Grief and Gathering Ep. 10: The Mastery of Innistrad (Remastered)

Ivy Foxglove — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:30:00 GMT

What exactly IS IT that gives Innistrad such staying power? With #InnistradRemastered on the horizon, I wanted to take a moment to chat about what gives this set its staying power, and why it's so special for me personally. Let me know your thoughts!

As always- thanks to WOTC for making me a #MTGAmbassador for these sets, and for giving me the ability to gush about them.

Grief and Gathering Ep. 12: On Finding Family

Ivy Foxglove — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:59:43 GMT

Themes of racing and family go together like PB&J, thanks to that one racing series that you know about. What is it that makes these themes of found family so poignant, though? And why are they important? Let's talk about it.

Thanks again, Wizards of the Coast for making me a #MTGAmbassador for this set.

Grief and Gathering Ep. 27: Ty Lee and Masking

Ivy Foxglove — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:30:00 GMT

It's been far too long, my pets. Welcome back. On this episode we're still neck deep in #MTGxATLA land and we're looking at one of my most favorite and loved characters, Ty Lee.

Hang out, decompress, put down your anxietea and let's chat.