S4 - EP-9 - She Died Protecting Her Children: Stuart Green on Love, Loss and What Comes Next

In this episode, Rosie Moss speaks with Stuart J Green, author of The Regenerative Leap, whose story of love, loss and survival is almost impossible to comprehend, and yet deeply human.Stuart takes us back to a life built in the Philippines, where he met his wife Maya, a brilliant lawyer, mother, and woman deeply committed to justice. Their love story is rich with humour, culture and connection. And then, in a moment of unimaginable violence, everything changes.Maya is murdered in broad daylight, ambushed in her car while picking up their children from school. What follows is a story that will stop you in your tracks. A mother’s final act of protection. Children who survive against all odds. And a father who must hold it all together while his world collapses.Together, Rosie and Stuart explore what happens next. The immediate aftermath. The fear. The decision to flee the country within days. And the reality of arriving back in the UK as a suddenly single parent to three traumatised children.They talk about:Survivor’s guilt and what it means to be “the one left behind”Raising children after extreme trauma and telling them the truth over timeThe anger children feel, and where it landsThe strange isolation of being a widowed parent, especially as a dadThe power of routine, even when everything feels impossibleAnd the idea that grief doesn’t just break you, it can also rebuild youStuart shares how he deliberately chose not to look back at his grief until his children were stable, and what happened when he finally opened those journals years later. From that came his book, and a framework for navigating life after devastation.At the heart of this conversation is a powerful reframe. Not resilience. Not “getting back to who you were”. But regeneration. The idea that after the fire, something new can grow.This is an episode about the worst thing happening… and what comes after.About raising children through grief.About love that protects, even in the final moment.And about finding a way forward when there is no map.If this episode resonates, sharing it or leaving a review helps other widows find it.https://www.regenerateleap.com/