Ulrika Torquato

On paying attention, reinvention, and what truly matters

Creator of Joyering®, a simple practice that helps people notice the small moments of meaning already present in their lives.

Background in medicine, opera, and art.
Currently pursuing postgraduate studies in palliative care psychology, bringing her work back into the field of care in a new way.

About
Her Path

Born in Sweden, raised in Brazil, now living in Switzerland.

Originally trained as a medical doctor.
Left medicine to pursue opera.

A promising path that did not fully unfold, creating a long period of tension and searching.

Years in art and body awareness practices.
A continuous search for something that would make life feel complete.

Then, a shift:

Paying attention in a different way.
Noticing that small moments of joy and beauty were already present, but often unseen.

This changed how life was experienced.
And what truly mattered became clearer.

Today, her work also connects to her studies in palliative care psychology, where attention, presence, and what truly matters become essential.

Joyering®

A simple app where moments of joy are collected as butterflies.

At 21, they are released, and the cycle begins again.

Not about tracking.
About changing how we see.

Possible Conversation Directions
  • Why we overlook what is already meaningful

  • How small moments reveal what truly matters

  • Paying attention as a practice

  • Reinvention beyond clear outcomes

  • Living through uncertainty without rushing to resolve it

  • What becomes important at the end of life, and how that can guide us earlier

  • What changes in daily life when we begin to pay attention in a different way?

  • Why do we so often overlook what is already meaningful?

  • What did leaving medicine to become an opera singer teach you about following what feels essential?

  • What changed for you when things didn’t unfold as expected?

  • How did Joyering® begin, why did these moments become butterflies, and how can a simple app actually help us relate differently to our lives?

  • What can collecting small joyful moments reveal about what truly matters to us?

  • What happens, emotionally or psychologically, when we “release” the butterflies?

  • How can we live through uncertainty without rushing to resolve it?

  • How does your work connect with what you are learning in palliative care psychology?

  • What might change in our lives if we started paying attention in this way today?

Suggested Questions
  • Based in Switzerland (CET)

  • Available for remote and in-person interviews

  • English, Italian, Portuguese

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