Short transcript of a Q&A from David Kessler explaining that grief refers to internal feelings (sadness, emptiness) experienced privately, while mourning refers to external actions/expressions (funeral, lighting a candle, outward crying) performed or visible after a loss.
What is the difference between grief and mourning?
The difference between grief and mourning is grief is the internal feelings we have, where mourning is the external things we do around the loss. So grief is the sadness, the emptiness, all those feelings that we may feel inside. Sometimes other people don't even see those feelings. We may hide those feelings. Mourning is the external things we do. The funeral, the lighting of a candle, the outward crying that people can visually see us doing.
