# @emmagrede on TikTok

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.tiktok.com/@emmagrede/video/7649801666585316638
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/72770933-emmagrede-tiktok
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-10T16:17:38.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Emma Grede (@emmagrede) — https://gondola.cc/emmagrede

## Caption

I want to talk about something I think about a lot. The thoughts we were conditioned to believe the ones that sound so normal we never stopped to question them.  I call them Old Thoughts in Start With Yourself and they are everywhere. That telling the truth makes you cruel. That wanting more makes you selfish. That ambition on display makes you difficult. That money is unspiritual. That being a good woman means putting everybody else first. Here’s the thing these beliefs don’t sound dangerous, they sound responsible, they sound humble and some of them even sound admirable. That’s exactly what makes them so powerful and so damaging. A lot of these thoughts were never designed to help women thrive. They were designed to make us easier to manage. Easier to please. To keep us small and compliant and grateful for whatever we were given. The moment we start questioning the thoughts we inherited pushing back on everything we were told was normal, unlearning the beliefs that never actually served us everything changes. About money. About ambition. About what we are allowed to want. About who we are allowed to be. You do not need permission to trust yourself. You are allowed to want more. You are allowed to build a life that reflects who you actually are not just who the world taught you to be. Sometimes that starts with one thought. The one you’ve had on repeat your whole life that you’ve never once stopped to question. What’s an Old Thought you’ve never questioned before today? Tell me in the comments 📢 #oldthoughts #startwithyourself #emmagrede #book #newthoughts 

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- **Views:** 23,300
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oldthoughts, startwithyourself, emmagrede, book, newthoughts

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