Episode 50

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20th Jul 2021

The Downside of Working From Home, with Jill Devine, Ep. 50

Jill Devine is a St. Louis native, an entrepreneur, wife, and mother of two little ones. Jill has spent the majority of her adult life as an on-air radio personality and spent over 20 years at numerous radio stations in the St. Louis area. However, in December of 2019, her situation changed, and she found herself unexpectedly working from a home office just on her podcast. As she transitioned to a different lifestyle, Jill embraced skipping the commute into the city and loved the comfy clothes, and found herself equipped with three months’ experience working from home before the rest of the world went on lockdown. This helped her support her friends and family who were forced to work from home because of the pandemic, and she and her husband made the most of the 6 weeks of furlough he experienced at the beginning of the stay-at-home orders. However, the honeymoon phase only lasted about 6 months, and then she was ready for some change.

In this episode; Jill shares how she struggled at times with the adjustment in her identity as a working mother, especially when her husband returned to work and she was home alone with the children in addition to trying to start her new business. She was approached to take on a role with her church which grew into a bigger role, and she is now splitting her time between working on her podcast from her closet office and working onsite in her church where her children also attend preschool. Her podcast, Two Kids and A Career is an outlet where she and her guests can talk openly and without fear of being judged or shamed. The conversations are real, raw, emotional, and knowledgeable.

You can find Jill in the following places:

Website: www.jilldevine.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jilldevine/?hl=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JillDevineMedia

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JillDevineRadio


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Yes, I Work From Home
April Malone interviews people who work from home
Yes, I Work From Home is a community where people share stories about their work-from-home journey. April Malone is the host and interviews a wide variety of people who work from home in different capacities. Guests include entrepreneurs, freelancers, teleworking employees, and those managing a home-based business or remote team. April and her guests discuss how they started working from a home office, some of the challenges they've faced, benefits, and tips and tricks that might help others. Interview guests will talk about why and how they work from home, what they do, who they help, and how they balance work with household responsibilities. They'll also talk about how they manage staying connected with colleagues, clients, and work to maintain healthy habits and a social life. Listeners will be informed about upcoming WFH community events and hear about helpful physical products, digital tools, and services that April and her guests feel are worth recommending.

This podcast has a typical run time of 45 minutes, published twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Learn more about April Malone and the community at Yes, I Work From Home: https://www.yesiworkfromhome.com/

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April Malone is the founder of Yes, I Work From Home and the host of this podcast. She is an adult educator who helps people improve their work-from-home situation by cultivating a community of sharing and accountability for people who work from home. April has worked from home for 12 years in a variety of roles including as an employee of a major health organization, running an online store selling physical product, and she spent two years as a full-time online ESL teacher. April is in the USA and is originally from the northern state of Minnesota known for its lakes, mosquitos, and brutal winters; but she now lives with her husband and three children in Arizona, where the desert summers are incredibly hot but the winters are lovely.