Purpose is not just cognitive. Living into a vocation requires renewal of the heart, as well as the mind. Physician Abraham Nussbaum has developed a series of playlists for colleagues that he calls “The Listening Cure.” Nussbaum writes, “In the peculiar enclosures of the hospital, when your ears are ringing with alarm fatigue, a practitioner needs music.” You can find mixes ranging from “Operating Theater” to “Sleep Lab” at abrahamnussbaum.com/listening-cure.

Here we share just one example, Emergency Department.

“Everyone needs help: routine, urgent, and emergent. Sometimes you need a hero. They are waiting for you in the Emergency Department. It’s a hell of a place to wait. Not the kind of place from which you send postcards, except for this one from the NLM: Operation Emergency Room.” —Abraham Nussbaum