# Redefining how we love

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxVCU
- Speaker: Cynthia Ong
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Languages and linguistics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/cynthia_ong_redefining_how_we_love)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

For many of us, our parents were our first template for love. And for Cynthia Ong—a first generation child of Vietnamese immigrants—love meant sacrifice. Through self-exploration and therapy as an adult, she came to understand love as a myriad of languages defined by her own values—like empathy, gratitude, and self-preservation—not by what she gave to other people. In her personal and heartwarming talk, Ong explores the many forms love can take.

## Lectures

1. [Redefining how we love](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/cynthia_ong_redefining_how_we_love/32cf272e09dd), 10 min (TED's player)