By her 40s, Nadia has lost the feeling of the ground beneath her feet. Despite being a brilliant surgeon who knows her patients' medical histories by heart, her own life has quietly grown into a tangled mess. Boris, her husband, got tired of the routine and left the family, while Nadia continues raising their daughter in his mother's apartment.

She is longing for change, and life gives her answers with six unexpected "lessons of tenderness." Each one guides Nadia towards rediscovering her inner voice and seeing a new world through love and hope.