How to Create a Great Parrot Lifestyle — Your life will change when you bring home a parrot. Some of those changes may give you pause. Others will cause your non parrot friends to scratch their heads. There will be times you scratch your own head. Your goals, focus, and loyalties will change. If you’re doing it right…

How To Create a Great Parrot Lifestyle Series — Like a human, every parrot is an individual. Each relationship and flock have their own abiding truth for themselves.

I chose the word lifestyle over a decade ago to describe the truth of parrots. Bringing an independent, flying, intelligent, free-thinking, problem-solving creature into your human domain is a lifestyle idea, not a pet idea. Their lifespan, intelligence, and ability to create a strong emotional connection offer a chance at…

Routines are more than just scheduling bullet points. For parrots, routine is a powerful tool that funnels focus, interest, expectations, and attention to the actions you hope to promote and grow inside your parrot lifestyle. Routines create reasonable expectations and understandings without saying a word. Consistent life routine eliminates the…

A Relatable Tale — Katherin Hollerin sat on her front porch in Geddes, South Dakota. She sat in the old rocking chair she inherited from her mother. A pale, worn wood. Thin woven lengths of rattan made up the seat and back. There were swirls cut deep into the back, ending at the tall…

How to Create a Great Parrot Lifestyle Series — Time has lost its true meaning. Time/Space is still being defined, but I’m talking about time while you are still alive, time. Respect and admiration of time and the investment of it. Master creators, spiritual leaders, artisans, writers, philosophers, stargazers, and inventors all embrace the sweat of the brow over…