Real Estate & Elegant Maine Living - The Way Life Should Be
Elegant Maine Living explores Maine’s luxury real estate market, distinctive properties, and the lifestyle that makes this state such a special place to call home. Hosted by Elise Kiely, a top-producing real estate advisor and lifestyle connector with Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty, the podcast features thoughtful conversations with local leaders, creatives, and visionaries who embody the spirit of elegant living in Maine. Whether you're buying, selling, or simply Maine-curious, each episode offers insight, inspiration, and a deeper connection to the people and places that define Maine.
Episodes
78 episodes
Behind the Lens of Maine Real Estate with Peter Morneau: How Photography Tells the Story of a Home — Part 1
What makes a buyer stop scrolling—and what can a photograph reveal about a home that the rest of us might miss?In Part 1 of this Elegant Maine Living conversation, Maine real estate advisor Elise Kiely sits down with architectur...
Choosing the Hard Thing: Cheeny Plante on Naked and Afraid, Service & Life in Maine — Part 2
What can surviving in the wilderness teach us about how we live our everyday lives?In Part Two of my conversation with Maine fishing guide, Air Force veteran, and Sanford City Councilor Cheeny Plante, we explore her four appearanc...
Doing Hard Things: Maine Guide Cheeny Plante on an Intentional Maine Lifestyle — Part 1
What does it mean to intentionally choose the harder path?In Part One of my conversation with Maine fishing guide and Air Force veteran Cheeny Plante, we explore a remarkable journey that began in Sanford, Maine, and led Cheeny to...
LifeFlight of Maine with Brian Elowe: Protecting the Maine Lifestyle and Giving Back — Part 2
What makes it possible to safely explore some of Maine’s most remote places?In Part 2 of my conversation with Brian Elowe, we explore why LifeFlight of Maine is such an important part of Maine’s outdoor lifestyle—and the in...
LifeFlight of Maine with Brian Elowe: ICU-Level Care from Maine’s Islands to the North Woods — Part 1
LifeFlight of Maine: Critical Care When Minutes Matter — Part 1 with Brian EloweWhat happens when a medical emergency occurs miles from the nearest Maine hospital—on an island, a hiking trail, a ski slope, or deep in the Maine w...
Maine Real Estate & Lifestyle: Reading the Tea Leaves | Why Thoughtful Maine Buyers and Sellers Are Winning in Today's Market
What is it really like to buy or sell a home in Maine today?In this episode of Elegant Maine Living, Elise Kiely moves beyond the headlines and shares what she's seeing every day with buyers and sellers across Southern and Coastal...
Maine Real Estate: Reading the Tea Leaves | What the National Housing Market Is Whispering to Maine
Is the national housing market finally shifting in favor of buyers? And if so, what could those changes mean for Maine real estate?In this episode of Elegant Maine Living, Elise Kiely steps back from the monthly headlines...
Designing Extraordinary Homes in Maine: Inside Shooting Rock with Amanda Pratt | Part 2
Can a home change the way you live?In Part Two of my conversation with interior architect and designer Amanda Pratt, we step inside Shooting Rock, one of Maine's most extraordinary waterfront homes, to explore the vi...
Designing Extraordinary Homes in Maine: Amanda Pratt on Architecture, Art, Reinvention & Living Well | Part 1
Designing Extraordinary Homes in Maine: Amanda Pratt on Architecture, Art, Reinvention & Living Well | Part 1What transforms a beautiful house into a home people never forget?In this episode of Elegant Maine ...
Living Well with Alpha-gal Syndrome with Laura Finney Part 2: What People in Maine Should Know
What happens after the diagnosis?New Listeners Start Here:New to this conversation? I recommend listening to Part I first, where Laura shares how a single Lone Star tick bite led to her Alpha-gal Syndro...
Alpha-gal Syndrome: How One Tick Bite Changed Everything with Laura Finney Part 1 - How a single Lone Star tick bite led to Alpha-gal Syndrome, a life-changing allergy affecting red meat, dairy, medications, and everyday products—and what people in Maine
What if one tiny tick bite changed your life forever?Most of us know about Lyme disease. But have you heard of Alpha-gal Syndrome, the life-changing allergy that can develop after a single bite from a Lone Star tick?...
American Mahjong in Maine Part 2: Building Community One Tile at a Time
Can a centuries-old game help keep your mind sharp while also bringing people together?In Part 2 of my conversation with Melanie Charest, founder of Mainely Mahjong, we explore why American Mahjong is about much more than m...
American Mahjong in Maine: Building Community One Tile at a Time Part 1
Why is American Mahjong suddenly everywhere in Maine?In this episode of Elegant Maine Living, I sit down with Melanie Charest, founder of Mainely Mahjong, to explore why American Mahjong has become one ...
Curious Conversations: What a Year of Maine, Real Estate, and Listening Taught Me
When I started the Elegant Maine Living podcast just over a year ago, I thought I was creating a platform to share conversations about Maine, real estate, entrepreneurship, and community.What I didn't anticipate was how much these conver...
Maine Real Estate Market Update Spring 2026 Part 2: Buyer and Seller Strategies to Maximize Value and Flexibility
What are today's buyers looking for, and how can homeowners position their properties to maximize value in an evolving real estate market?In Part 2 of my Spring 2026 Maine Real Estate Market Update, I explore how changing buyer preferenc...
Maine Real Estate Market Update Spring '26 Part 1: Why Buyers Are Still Buying in 2026 (Part 1)
Is the housing market slowing, evolving, or heading toward a downturn?In Part 1 of my May 2026 Maine Real Estate Market Update, I explore what is happening nationally, why Maine continues to behave differently than many markets around th...
Elegant Maine Living with Shana Cook Mueller: A Maine Family Sabbatical Through Africa & Europe Part 2
What happens when two middle school girls leave behind their friends, sports teams, school routines, and familiar lives in Maine to spend nearly a year living in Africa and Europe?In this second half of Elise Kiely’s conversation with th...
Elegant Maine Living with Shana Cook Mueller: A Maine Family Sabbatical Through Africa & Europe
What would it look like to step away from everyday life for nearly a year and experience the world together as a family?In this first half of Elise Kiely’s conversation with Shana Cook Mueller, Shana shares how she and her husband, Fortu...
Returning to Maine with Molly Platz (Part 2): How and When to Come Home & Build a Lifestyle
In the second half of my conversation with Molly Platz, we move from the decision to return to Maine… to what it actually looks like to build a new life here as an adult.After years living in Austin, Texas, Molly and her partner Nick mad...
Returning to Maine with Molly Platz (Part 1): How and When to Come Home & Build a Lifestyle
Molly Platz’s story is one that will resonate with so many young adults who grow up in Maine, leave to explore the world, build careers and relationships elsewhere—and then eventually begin asking themselves an important question: What woul...
Maine’s Front Line, Part 2: Inside Life Flight, Emergency Medicine, and Resilience with Dr. Mike Baumann
In the second half of her conversation with Dr. Mike Baumann, Chair of Emergency Medicine at Maine Medical Center, Elise Kiely dives into what it truly means to lead and practice emergency medicine in Maine.Dr. Baumann shares how Life...
Maine’s Front Line, Part 1: Dr. Mike Baumann on Leading the Emergency Department at Maine Medical Center
In this first half of a two-part conversation, Elise Kiely sits down with Dr. Mike Bauman, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Maine Medical Center and Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. With warmth, clarity, and can...
Maine Real Estate Market Update – April 2026: Strategy, Stability & Opportunity with Elise Kiely
In this April 2026 market update, Elise Kiely shares a clear and grounded perspective on what is happening in Maine real estate today—and how buyers and sellers can respond strategically.The data points to a market that is stabili...
Maine Real Estate & Resilience: Building a Staging Business Through Changing Markets with Elizabeth Carper (Part 2 of 2)
What does it really take to build a business—and sustain it through changing markets, uncertainty, and growth?In this second half of my conversation with Elizabeth Carper of The Styled Home, we go beyond staging and into her remarkable e...
Maine Real Estate: Why Staging Matters with Elizabeth Carper of The Styled Home (Part 1 of 2)
Have you ever walked into a home and immediately felt something—like you could see your life unfolding there?In this episode of Elegant Maine Living, I sit down with Elizabeth Carper, founder of The Styled Home, one of Maine’s l...