The Psychedelic High Holidays: Bicycle Day, 4/20, and 9/20
Three dates already circled on the psychedelic calendar - what they mark, and what you're about to get invited to.
Trips with Cats: The Do's, the Don'ts, and the Demon Zoomies
Should your cat be around during a trip? Harm-reduction tips for a grounded experience with your pet by your side.
Beware of Buzzwords in Psychedelic Healing
A field guide to the language of the psychedelic boom - and what's hiding behind it.
Why Set & Setting Matter in Psychedelic Experiences
The two variables that shape every journey - and how to actually shape them.
Ibogaine Retreats and Ibogaine Treatment: What We Hear on the Fireside Support Line
Why ibogaine treatment is rising among veterans and people facing substance use - and what we hear from callers.
Generation Dissociation
What we're seeing and hearing about dissociation - and why it deserves more attention.
Practicing Without Harm: Why Psychedelic Training Programs Need Lucy
Why practice reps are the missing piece of psychedelic training - and how simulation closes the gap safely.
MDMA: What We Hear on the Psychedelic Support Line
Patterns, surprises, and the most common questions callers ask about MDMA.
"I Took Too Much": What to Do When a Psychedelic Experience Feels Overwhelming
Practical, grounded steps for the moment when the dose is bigger than the moment can hold.
Psychedelic Integration Callers to Our Support Line
What integration actually looks like - drawn from thousands of post-experience calls.
Is Microdosing Placebo, and Does That Matter?
Reading the latest research alongside what we hear from the line.
Healing Within Family Dynamics
When the journey takes you back to people who haven't taken it with you.
Honoring Our Callers' Trust: How and Why We Record Anonymized Conversations
How and why we record anonymized conversations - and everything we do to protect the people who call.
Introducing Lucy: The World's First Psychedelic Support Simulation Tool
Meet the world's first voice-to-voice simulation tool for training psychedelic practitioners.
Can Recreational Psychedelic Use Also Be Healing?
The line between recreational and therapeutic use is blurrier than the headlines suggest.
Tripping Outdoors: Psychedelic Festivals, Nature, and the Importance of Harm Reduction
Festivals, nature, and the harm-reduction practices worth packing alongside everything else.
Transcending the "Bad Trip"
Why challenging experiences are often the most generative - and how to meet them.
LSD and the Long Ride: What We've Learned from Supporting People on Acid
Why the duration of LSD asks something different of those holding space - and those riding it.
A Guide to Holding Space: Trip-Sitting with Compassion & Intention
For the friend, partner, or sibling who's been asked to sit with someone.
Microdosing: What We're Hearing on the Fireside Support Line
Patterns and questions from microdosing callers to the support line.
Critical Periods: A Two-Way Street - Growth and Healing, or Reinforcing Unhealthy Patterns
Psychedelics may reopen critical periods - windows for growth and healing, or for old patterns to dig in.
Five Lesser-Known Psychedelic Harms and How to Reduce Risks
Five risks that rarely make the conversation - and how to reduce them.
Supporting First-Time Trippers: What We've Learned From 2,600+ Calls
Patterns we see again and again on the support line - and what helps.
Psychedelics and Antidepressants: Safety & Contraindications
Can you take psychedelics while on antidepressants? The science on contraindications, risks, and safety.
The Psychedelic Journey Begins the Moment You Say Yes
What we've learned about the days and weeks before the substance - and why preparation is the experience.
Spiritual Emergence vs. Emergency
The difference between a difficult opening and a crisis - and how to tell.
Healing Intelligence: Psychedelics, Health, and Our Inherent Capacity for Healing
On the body's inherent capacity for healing - and where psychedelics fit in.
Psychedelics & Neuroplasticity: Unlocking the Healing Brain
How psychedelics open a window of neuroplasticity - and how to make the most of it.
Ayahuasca Retreats: How We've Helped Our Callers Integrate
What we hear from people in the days, weeks, and months after a retreat.
Trips with Dogs: The Do's, the Don'ts, and the Deep Eye Contact
Should your dog be around during a trip? Harm-reduction tips, deep eye contact included.
Psilocybin
Ketamine
The Ten Principles
10 Safety Practices for Psychedelic Experiences
If you read one thing from us, read this. The ten things we wish every person preparing for a psychedelic experience knew first.
10 Principles for Processing a Psychedelic Experience
What integration actually looks like - broken down into ten practices for the days, weeks, and months after.
10 Warning Signs When Selecting a Psychedelic Facilitator
Red flags from the field. The questions worth asking before you trust someone with the journey.
10 Safety Practices for 5-MeO-DMT
The shortest, most powerful substance - and the one that asks the most of those preparing for it.
Substance-Specific Guidelines
Preparation Tools
Community Resources
Find Your Psychedelic Community
Worldwide directory of societies, integration circles, conferences, and harm reduction orgs.
Plant Parenthood
For parents using psychedelics, plant medicine, and cannabis.
Neurodivergent Psychedelic
Education, training, and a service directory for neurodivergent folks.
Psybrary - A Curated Psychedelic Library
A carefully curated collection drawn from trusted publishers and communities.
Integration Circles & Therapists
MAPS Integration List
Curated directory of integration circles and therapists, vetted by MAPS.
Psychable Coach & Therapist Directory
Find vetted integration coaches and psychedelic-informed therapists.
TAM Integration
Donation-based integration circles ($10–30): general, womxn, beginners, BIPOC.
Psychedelic Therapists for Queer or BIPOC Folks
Therapists serving queer and BIPOC communities specifically.
Major Research Institutions
HPPD Resources
For those experiencing Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder. You're not alone, and there are people working on this.