Transforming Lives One Note at a Time Chapter Four: Chasing Bliss

In this episode of Afterbath, I explore what I mean by the state of presence — or what I like to call chasing bliss. Not because bliss is missing, but because the act of chasing reveals how often we overlook what’s already here. This chapter reflects on awareness as the part of us that watches life unfold without judgement, comparison, or the need to fix anything. Through gentle humour and everyday examples, I look at how belief systems, mental noise, and the constant urge to be right can quietly pull us away from ease — and how presence is always closer than we think. The episode includes a short Sound Bath preview. If you’d like to go deeper, you can listen to the full one-hour Sound Bath here: 👉 https://youtu.be/OkJaZTS0g7oMusic Is Medicine is a podcast by Mat Creedon — a musician, sound practitioner, and multi-instrumentalist from Melbourne, Australia. In each episode, Mat explores the deeper relationship between music, emotion, and the human nervous system. Through reflections on songwriting, sound meditation, creativity, and deep listening, the podcast looks at how music can help us process experience, release emotion, and reconnect with ourselves. Drawing from years of musical practice, sound work, and teaching, these conversations invite listeners to explore a simple but powerful idea: Music is not only something we listen to. Sometimes, music is medicine.