I'm Ulrika Torquato.

I believe that remembering nothing lasts forever can change the way we see our lives and what truly matters.

For much of my life, I believed that the next achievement, the next milestone, or the next version of myself would finally give me what I was looking for.

I thought I would find it in medicine.

Then in music.

Then in success.

Then in spiritual seeking.

Although the goals changed, the striving remained.

That experience led me to explore a question that sits at the heart of my work today:

Why do we so often recognize what truly matters only when we are faced with the possibility of losing it?

I was born in Sweden, raised in Brazil, and today live in Switzerland.

I earned my medical degree in Brazil and worked in both clinical practice and research before leaving medicine to pursue a career in opera. I went on to study and perform in Sweden, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland.

Alongside music, visual art remained a constant part of my life.

I later trained in coaching, body awareness practices, and holistic approaches to personal development. More recently, I completed postgraduate studies in Palliative Care Psychology and am currently studying Thanatology.

From the outside, these paths may seem unrelated.

To me, they have all explored the same questions:

What truly matters?

What are we really looking for?

And why do we so often take for granted the people, experiences, and ordinary moments that make up our lives?

Those questions eventually led me to create Joyering®, a practice centered on attention, direct experience, and recognizing what is already meaningful in everyday life.