Joy Is Already Here — You’ve Just Stopped Noticing | Ulrika Torquato

Ulrika Torquato is the creator of Joy Arin, a simple but profound practice built around a deceptively powerful idea: joy is often already present in our lives — we’ve just stopped noticing it.

With a path that has moved through medicine, opera, the arts, and now palliative care psychology, Ulrika explores meaning, attention, uncertainty, and what small moments can reveal about how we live. This is a conversation about joy — not as positivity or escape, but as perception, practice, and a way of finding what matters.

In this reflective conversation, Ulrika shares:

• Who she was in her 20s and the early search for direction

• Leaving medicine for opera and the pressure that followed

• Why external achievements never fully delivered happiness

• The shift from seeking joy to noticing it

• How small everyday moments (birds, food, nature) changed everything

• Defining happiness as appreciation of the present

• Living more fully through attention and presence

If you’re in your 20s chasing the next thing and wondering why it still doesn’t feel enough, this episode offers a gentle but powerful reframe.

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Connect with Ulrika Torquato

Website:https://joyering.com/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ulrika-torquato/

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro & Welcome Ulrika Torkuato

1:40 - Life in Her 20s: Medicine & Searching

8:15 - Leaving Medicine for Opera

15:30 - The Pressure to Prove the Choice

23:10 - Exploring Yoga, Meditation & Coaching

31:45 - Realizing Joy Was Already Present

40:20 - Small Moments That Change Everything

48:50 - Happiness as Appreciation, Not Achievement

57:15 - Living More Fully Through Attention