What Happens When You Choose Truth Over Silence | Mirtha Pena

About This Video

What if the grief of losing someone didn’t have to be compounded by chaos, unanswered questions, and a digital life that won’t shut off?

In this deeply human episode of the Digital Legacy Podcast, host Niki Weiss sits down with somatic therapist Mirta Peña to talk about what happens when someone you love struggles in silence… and leaves no plan behind.

Mirta reveals that the aftermath became its own form of ongoing trauma: no will, no passwords, scattered accounts, social media still active, and even strangers attempting to exploit his death through fraudulent fundraising.

Together, Niki and Mirta explore the intersection of somatic healing, cultural taboo, mental health, and digital legacy, showing how unspoken pain and undocumented lives can leave families reliving loss again and again.

You’ll learn:

• How nervous system dysregulation can fuel anxiety, numbing, and emotional shutdown

• Why depression can be an “emergency brake” the body pulls after prolonged stress

• What happens when someone dies without a will, instructions, or digital access
  How unplanned digital footprints can lead to impersonation, scams, and prolonged grief

• Why closure is harder when accounts, notifications, and unresolved logistics keep the loss “alive”

• How connection, co-regulation, and safe conversation can be life-saving and legacy-saving
  
  

This episode is a compassionate wake-up call: to talk sooner, to plan while you can, and to stop leaving the people you love to clean up both the emotional and administrative aftermath alone.