Our Name

The name "Fireside Project" was inspired by the feeling of sitting around a fire, experiencing a sense of community, connection, and openness. As long as people have been people, we’ve gathered together around the flames. Warming our hands and hearts, we've celebrated, mourned, feasted, danced, shared stories, and of course, journeyed. At Fireside Project, we look to our shared ancestry beside the fire as a way to light our path forward to a more loving, interconnected world.

Our Mission

Our mission is to help people minimize the risks of their psychedelic experiences in ways such as providing compassionate, accessible, and culturally responsive peer support, educating the public, and furthering psychedelic research.

Our Vision

Our vision, our true north is a Beloved Psychedelic Community where people of all identities are represented, welcomed, and celebrated, and they have the skills to keep each other safe and support each other as they navigate their psychedelic experiences.

Our Guiding Principles

Our work is sacred. Our callers entrust us with the privilege of supporting them during some of their most vulnerable moments. Honoring this trust, we strive to provide every caller with the quality of support that we’d want provided to us or the people we love most in the world. Our Guiding Principles illuminate our path to the fulfillment of this sacred duty. We are:

Humble. We are peers humbly supporting peers. We check our egos and our credentials at the door. We are space holders, not healers, guides, or gurus.

Compassionate, Curious, and Clear. We communicate with clarity, compassion, and curiosity, especially during challenging moments.

Accountable. We co-create a culture of accountability where everyone has clarity about their role, takes responsibility for their actions, and feels a sense of ownership in the fulfillment of our mission.

Feedback-focused. We actively invite, are grateful for, and consider all feedback.

Transparent. We are transparent with our community and each other. We are clear with each other about what is working and what we can improve.

Rigorous. We regularly examine what we do, why we do it, how others do it, and how we can do better. 

Vulnerable. Vulnerability is strength. It requires trust in each other’s kindness and good intentions. We strive to create an environment where all people are comfortable being vulnerable.

Creative. We think out-of-the-box to develop innovative practices to better fulfill our mission.

Data-driven. We test all aspects of our processes and initiatives to determine what’s working and what isn’t.

In addition to these Guiding Principles, we have taken the North Star Ethics pledge, and we strive as an organization to fulfill each and every part of it.