IMPACT
REPORT
2022–2023

A tech executive of 54, Jeff Greenberg took 5 grams of psilocybin and found himself in a psychological loop — a door slamming again and again in his mind, triggering a cascade of unprocessed pain. He reached out to Fireside, and volunteer Jasmine answered. She validated his feelings rather than minimizing them, helping him move through terror and into genuine insight.

Jeff spoke with Jasmine for nearly an hour and a half. The crisis softened into curiosity. Within months he'd left his job to focus on meaningful work. He later donated $100,000 and became Fireside's CTO — working for free.

John grew up in a strict Mormon community in Idaho, taught to suppress uncomfortable emotions. After leaving the Church in his mid-twenties he fell into depression and panic attacks. On a 5g mushroom journey he reached a state of profound unity — and called Fireside to share it.

The volunteer asked a question that changed everything: if all of life lived inside him now, wasn't his life already worth so much? John cried and released years of negative self-worth. His spirituality transformed — no longer a tally of sin and merit, but a practice of seeking connection and oneness.

Sarah had lived with OCD since childhood, trying talk therapy and medication without relief. She turned to psilocybin therapeutically, and a higher dose brought everything crashing down at once. Hyperventilating and overwhelmed, she called Fireside.

The volunteer helped her re-center, reminding her it was safe to sit with those feelings. "Calling Fireside that night helped turn my experience into a positive, and I'm not sure I could have done that entirely on my own." Fireside made an effective treatment financially accessible — without the prohibitive cost of clinical therapy.