About Atieno

Loving Life

Atieno lives in Washington DC with her partner, Shawn, and their baby, Samia Luisa. They enjoy their dogs Holliday and Bernard, hiking, travel, reading, Netflix based on metacritic.com (Hello product placement! If only...), and weekends in West Virginia at the straw-bale home on the Greenbrier River that Atieno built from recycled materials with her two siblings.

Professional Qualifications

Atieno is an ICF-certified life coach with 11 years experience in facilitating transformation based on a focus on strengths and gifts. She has worked in corporate, clinical, law enforcement, nonprofit, and multilateral settings. Her unique set of coaching tools was acquired in part through an extraordinary tradition practiced by only a handful of specialists. The founder of the discipline, Jacob L. Moreno, believed in the goodness and expansiveness of the human spirit, the power of stepping into roles rather than talking about them, and the capacity of each person to tap into infinite possibility and energy.
Atieno was certified in Moreno's techniques after a two-year full-time apprenticeship. In addition to this and along with her certification from the International Coaching Federation, she also holds a Master's degree in Conflict Transformation from Eastern Mennonite University, and is a Certified Yoga Instructor.

"I love seeing love find my clients. The program I have developed based on my own experience is designed to help you turn your thinking around, live your life from the inside out, and attract a bond more satisfying than you ever dared hope."

Atieno@AtienoBird.com


One Client's Testimonial:

"Atieno is an amazing coach. After coaching with her, I started online dating, and within the year I was married. We just had a baby. I whole-heartedly recommend coaching with her - she makes the process fun, and she is the real thing - understanding, creative, and insightful enough to push you to really reach the results you want." -Laura S.P., Economist, The World Bank


Relationship Coaching Testimonial:

"Dear Atieno,
I hope you've been well since the last time we talked. I wanted to share with you some good news today:
[X] and I got engaged this week!!!
I wanted to quickly email you to thank you again for helping me work through some of my personal baggage last summer when I started to see you for some relationship coaching. You played an integral role in helping me develop better coping and conflict resolution skills during a very dark, intense chapter of my life, and I am so grateful. Truthfully, my relationships with myself, [X], and other people in my life have been amazing and so much more fulfilling and compassionate since then, largely because of your guidance and advice.
THANK YOU AGAIN!
Best,
X"


Invest in Your Future:

"I highly recommend working with Atieno; I consider the time spent with her a very wise investment in myself. As a result of our work together, I have a clearer vision of what I want in my life and the tools to make that vision happen. She is warm, open, intuitive and understanding person who in one sentence could turn my perspective around on an issue. Her coaching has helped me change the course of my life in a positive direction, and I recommend her to anyone wanting to maximize their life and their potential." -E., a VP in Real Estate