In the Nurse's Office

Kindra's Stories

Oct 1

One Tuesday morning in the spring, Michael and I dropped the kids off at school and joyfully started our journey to the Hamptons—just the two of us. It was our first taste of normalcy after a year of lockdowns and masks in the city. After so much 2020-style togetherness, we were looking forward to 36 hours of quality time.

Once we were about 45 minutes away from our New York City home, though, the phone rang. It was an unknown number, but it had a New York City area code. We exchanged anxious glances, knowing that this couldn’t be good news. Nervously, we picked up the phone.

It was a pandemic parent’s worst nightmare: the nurse’s office was calling.

What happened next is not what you expect. Today, I’ll share the story of our attempt to transition from our “new normal” back to pre-COVID normalcy as well as the valuable lessons my daughter’s visits to the nurse taught me along the way.

Kindra Hall

Wall Street Journal bestselling author and Award-Winning Storyteller Kindra Hall, MA, told her first story in the spring of 1992.

Since that time, Hall has become the go-to expert for storytelling in business and beyond. She is the best-selling author of Stories that Stick, which debuted at #2 on the Wall Street Journal Bestseller List, and companies like Forbes and Gartner say it “may be the most valuable business book you read.” Kindra’s newest book, Choose Your Story, Change Your Life is one of the Next Big Idea Club’s top 10 happiness books.

Kindra is a sought-after keynote speaker trusted by global brands to deliver messages that inspire teams and individuals to better communicate the value of their company, their products and their individuality through strategic storytelling. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, young son and daughter.

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