In the written description of my podcast, Fine Is a 4-Letter Word, I begin by asking:

“Wasn’t it just a couple years ago you were sitting on the beach at spring break in Ft. Lauderdale – listening to the Pet Shop Boys, U2, and Def Leppard - with your entire life ahead of you? Now you’re looking back 30-plus years and wondering what the hell happened.”

Basically, I’ve just described what used to be called the mid-life crisis. I started the show shortly after I’d embarked on some major mid-stream changes and was hearing similar rumblings from many of my friends.

But I’ve long maintained that this isn’t a crisis!

What if everything that happened was just groundwork setting you up for your current success – and that there’s a lesson to be found in how fast time seemed to zoom until one day you looked up and said “Holy s*it, I’m 52 years old!”

This is what Katie Carty Tierney tells those who have yet to go through it.

Her early life didn’t seem like much of a crisis – she came from a good home where she learned that when you say you're gonna do something, you do it; and if you make a mistake, own up to it and work hard to be better.

Growing up, she wanted to be a brain surgeon, then a pediatrician. As a college freshman, as part of her studies toward becoming some sort of doctor, she was made to do something in a biology lab she didn’t agree with, which I’ll leave to your imagination.

So she pivoted to business analysis and research.

This led Katie to a career in the computer industry as a consultant, which she enjoyed until she and her husband decided she would be a stay-at-home mom just before the birth of her first child in 2000.

Her husband was doing well in his career, so she became a stay-at-home mom for a while, volunteering for various networking organizations and stuff for the kids. She figured she’d never go back to work and everything seemed fine.

But Fine is a 4-Letter Word.

In 2007, Katie took an opportunity to go back into the workforce, and it’s been a wild ride since then.

In a moment, when you meet Katie, you’ll discover how her need to hang out with adults again led her down new career paths, including landing a job that required her to go through fifteen – yes, fifteen – interviews.

What did she learn from that?

And looking back with 20/20 hindsight, how has becoming an empty-nester for the first time in 23 years not only brought things full-circle, but also given her a wealth of information to pass along as she blazes the trail for others?

You’re about to find out.

Katie’s hype song is "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor.

Resources:

Katie Carty Tierney’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiecartytierney/

Invitation from Lori:

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Oh look, I think I see Katie over there rummaging through a small-town antique store! She and her husband look so cute, holding hands like teenagers in love. Let’s go say hello!