What is it about certain places that makes us feel most alive? In this podcast, Louisa Peacock walks and talks with women in the outdoor spaces they love, exploring the landscapes that awaken them, ground them, and shape the way they move through the world.
Where We Come Alive
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What is it about certain places that makes us feel most alive? In this podcast, Louisa Peacock walks and talks with women in the outdoor spaces they love, exploring the landscapes that awaken them, ground them, and shape the way they move through the world.
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July 19, 2026
The Places That Hold Us, with Maxine
<p>Maxine Russo, founder of Contemporary Kent Artists, on belonging, creativity, grief and finding community by the sea</p><p>What if the places we return to again and again aren't just landscapes, but companions?</p><p>In this episode of Where We Come Alive, I join Maxine Russo beneath the wide skies of Tankerton Slopes on the Kent coast. </p><p>As sailing boats drift on the horizon and waves lap against the shore, we explore the places that shape us, hold us through life's biggest transitions and help us reconnect with who we are. </p><p>For Maxine, this stretch of coastline is woven through some of the most significant moments of her life: a place of grief, love, reinvention and renewal. Following divorce, relocation and loss, it became somewhere she could rediscover herself and begin again. </p><p>Together we talk about the role creativity plays in building community, why artists help us see the world differently, and what the sea can teach us about letting go of control. </p><p>We also explore the story behind Contemporary Kent Artists, the thriving creative community Maxine founded to champion artists across the county. </p><p>This is a conversation about belonging, not just to a place, but to yourself.</p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p>• Why Tankerton near Whitstable in Kent became a place of healing, reflection and renewal after divorce and loss </p><p>• How the sea helps Maxine quiet self-doubt and gain perspective on life's challenges </p><p>• The connection between creativity, community and feeling rooted in a place </p><p>• How Contemporary Kent Artists grew from conversations overlooking the coast </p><p>• What artists have taught Maxine about authenticity, trust and letting life unfold </p><p>• Why nature can be such a powerful companion for mental wellbeing </p><p>• The surprising parallels between looking at art and looking at the sea </p><p>• How to find balance between life's worries and the things that bring us joy </p><p>If you've ever had a place that feels like home, a landscape that helps you think more clearly, or a corner of the world that seems to hold your memories, this conversation will resonate deeply. It's a gentle reminder that creativity isn't always about making things, it can also be about connection, belonging and learning to trust where life is taking you. </p><p>"Look at this landscape. It's been here hundreds of years, thousands of years, millions of years in one shape or other. It survived. So you will survive too." - Maxine Russo</p><p><strong>Enjoying Where We Come Alive?</strong></p><p>Follow the podcast and explore the rest of Season One, featuring conversations with artists, florists, gardeners, makers and storytellers in the outdoor places that help them feel most alive. 🌿🎙️✨</p><p>------</p><p><strong>Guest: </strong>Maxine Russo</p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bracken_and_bloom/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/contemporary_kent_artists/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@contemporary_kent_artists</a></p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.contemporarykentartists.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Contemporary Kent Artists</a></p><p><strong>Produced and presented by: </strong></p><p>Louisa Peacock, fine art photographer from Whitstable, Kent.</p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/louisapeacockphoto/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@louisapeacockphoto</a></p><p>Website: <a href="https://louisapeacock.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.louisapeacock.com</a></p><p>--</p><p>Royalty-free music by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/andriig-54059306/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Andrii G</a> </p><p>Some royalty-free sound effects taken from <a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Epidemic Sound</a> </p><p>--</p><p>Nature podcast, creativity podcast, belonging, community, creative living, mindful living, Whitstable, Tankerton, Kent coast, Maxine Russo, Contemporary Kent Artists, coastal walks, personal growth, reinvention, life transitions, nature and wellbeing, creative community, sense of place, finding yourself, connection to nature.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>
July 12, 2026
What the Flowers are Teaching Us, with Kate
<p>Kate Henshaw-Hughes on creativity, seasonality and finding beauty in the everyday</p><p>Standing beside her little shepherd's hut (Bracken & Bloom) in the Kent countryside, surrounded by wildflower meadows, birdsong and rolling fields, independent florist Kate Henshaw-Hughes shares how flowers became far more than a creative outlet; they became a way of seeing the world. </p><p>Together, we explore seasonality, sustainability, the beauty of fleeting moments and why slowing down might help us notice what's already blooming around us. </p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p>• Why Kate was always drawn back to the landscape she calls home </p><p>• How a lockdown floristry course unexpectedly changed the direction of her life </p><p>• What working with seasonal British flowers has taught her about patience, creativity and letting go of control </p><p>• Why flowers are at their most beautiful when we allow them to belong to the season they're meant for </p><p>• The surprising connection between floristry, community and bringing people together </p><p>• Why taking off our shoes and reconnecting with the natural world can instantly ground us (you can even join us barefoot walking!)</p><p>• What flowers might be trying to teach us that we're not fully listening to yet </p><p>If you've ever found yourself longing to slow down, notice more and reconnect with the rhythms of the natural world, this conversation is for you.</p><p><strong>Enjoyed this episode?</strong></p><p>Explore the rest of the Where We Come Alive series, where I spend time outdoors with inspiring women in the places that mean the most to them—from canals and coastlines to flower farms and wild landscapes—discovering how nature shapes the way we live, create and feel most alive. 🌿🌸🎙️</p><p>------</p><p><strong>Guest: </strong>Kate Henshaw-Hughes</p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bracken_and_bloom/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@bracken_and_bloom</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://kimoneil.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/brackenandbloomkent/?locale=en_GB&checkpoint_src=any" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Bracken & Bloom</a></p><p><strong>Produced and presented by: </strong></p><p>Louisa Peacock, fine art photographer from Whitstable, Kent.</p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/louisapeacockphoto/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@louisapeacockphoto</a></p><p>Website: <a href="https://louisapeacock.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.louisapeacock.com</a></p><p>--</p><p>Royalty-free music by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/andriig-54059306/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Andrii G</a> </p><p>Some royalty-free sound effects taken from <a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Epidemic Sound</a> </p><p>--</p><p>nature podcast, wildflowers podcast, mindful living, creativity and nature, wellbeing, slow living, outdoor podcast, nature connection, creativity, birdsong, braebourne, wildflowers, meadows, birdsong, , landscape, Kent, living seasonally, mindfulness, sheep, geese</p><p><br></p>
July 5, 2026
Walking through the Sea, with Kim
<p>Abstract and environmental painter Kim O'Neil on creativity, texture and listening to the landscape</p><p>What happens when we stop trying to control the landscape and start listening to it instead?</p><p>In this episode of Where We Come Alive, I join environmental artist Kim O'Neil on the shoreline at Seasalter, Kent. Together we wade through shallow water, get stuck in the mud, watch crabs scurry across the sand and discover how the sea has become both inspiration and collaborator in Kim's creative practice.</p><p>As we walk, Kim shares why touching a surface can be more powerful than simply looking at it, how motherhood transformed the way she experiences the natural world, and why she trusts the landscape more than her own plans.</p><p>This is a conversation about texture, creativity, imperfection and what happens when we allow nature to guide us rather than trying to shape everything ourselves.</p><p>A walk through the sea that becomes a reflection on how to live.</p><p>This is a conversation about texture, creativity, trust and the beauty of becoming part of the landscape rather than standing apart from it.</p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p>• Why the sea became the catalyst for a profound shift in Kim's artistic practice</p><p>• How texture, touch and immersion shape the way she creates</p><p>• Why she trusts the landscape more than her own plans</p><p>• What nature can teach us about imperfection, uncertainty and change</p><p>• How motherhood transformed the way she sees both art and the natural world</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>------</p><p><strong>Guest: </strong>Kim O'Neil, artist mother, art tutor, curator and paint technologist.</p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kimoneilstudio/?hl=en">@kimoneilstudio</a></p><p>Website: <a href="https://kimoneil.com/">https://kimoneil.com/</a></p><p><strong>Produced and presented by: </strong></p><p>Louisa Peacock, fine art photographer from Whitstable, Kent.</p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/louisapeacockphoto/">@louisapeacockphoto</a></p><p>Website: <a href="https://louisapeacock.com/">https://www.louisapeacock.com</a></p><p>--</p><p>Royalty-free music by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/andriig-54059306/">Andrii G</a> </p><p>Some royalty-free sound effects taken from <a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/">Epidemic Sound</a> </p><p>--</p><p>nature podcast, sea podcast, mindful living, creativity and nature, wellbeing, slow living, outdoor podcast, nature connection, creativity, birdsong, seasalter, sea, landscape, Kent, living seasonally, mindfulness, painting outdoors, painting in sea, textures</p><p><br></p>
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