Welcome to Light2yourjourney My name is Felipe and I bring light to people's lives. A mountaineer, world traveler, and educator turned into light coach entrepreneur and in each episode I bring you an inspiring message to help you discover your inner self, purpose, and your true calling in life.

Here is my story I have lived in three continents, traveled to 32 countries, visited more than 200 cities throughout the world. I was born and raised in Colombia, lived in Egypt, and now living in the US. I come from a family of parents that came to Bogota to settle and find a stable life, coming from their cities of origin, Socorro Santander( the city of freedom fighters from Spanish settlers) and Moniquira(the city of sweets Bocadillos made from guava) in Boyaca located in the high hills of the Andes.

I am a survivor of war. I served my military service in the nineties in the times of deep conflict between Pablo Escobar, the Drug cartels, a corrupt government, and the Army Forces in Colombia. I was deployed to the Sinai Peninsula with the Multinational Force and Observers, to serve the Camp Davis peace treaty signed by Israel and Egypt, and experience the atrocities of a religious and political oriented war. I quite understood the never-ending pattern of the families that lose their loved ones, the souls that are trapped between pulling triggers, and the endless trauma caused to little kids with no parents to follow for guidance, the growing anger and images printed in peoples hearts changing realities and destinies.

I went to the university to study economics, so that we could create models that could find outcomes where everybody wins, but instead I found that all the models work with second bests and you can never really plan a model without excluding or affecting the same communities that are under privileged. The only true variable that could make a change in a model was education. Therefore, I chose to invest my days in elementary schools, inside the classrooms, following my family's legacy through education. In the history of our family there have been educators, principals, and deans all across my genes in both sides my mom and my dad. I kept working hard creating one of a kind systems to nurture a culture of excellence, supporting curriculum through rigorous instruction, high expectations, integrating technology, finding innovative ways to motivate scholars of underprivileged communities in title-1 elementary schools here in Houston Texas, particularly to those kids that cross the border without a say, following their immigrant parents looking for a better life to this country. I was Nominated and Awarded Teacher of the year 2014- 2015 in a title I school in an independent school district, Bilingual Teacher of the Year finalist by HAABE in the same year.

I made dancing, one of my passions, a habit of teaching people Colombian folklore and created the Colombian Orchid Ballet, a folkloric dancing crew full of passion dancing for social causes for 2 years and saw the power of the arts doing its magic through culture, philanthropy, and charity fundraising, like raising funds for education in Colombia in the Minuto de Dios, Houston.

After 15 years in education, I have learned more than I have been able to teach through my kids, my real teachers. My success and growth happened when I left the fear of not feeling respected and setting a line not to be crossed, instead I made it a circle of word, just like the native Indians do it in the Amazons, connecting and listening to their stories, putting myself at their level. Showing them that it is not difficult to say I am sorry, and it all begins with the adults that are in their circle of influence. Telling them stories of change and defining the odds by listening to the gut. Establishing not rules but principles, like being honey instead of vinegar, or rooting yourself strong to your truth, being an Oak tree, protecting the ones that are weak giving shade when in need. Every day starting from zero, because we were all about forgetting and forgiving. Motivating them to find their true colors and essence as key elements of our culture of excellence. Every time that I was traveling in all the countries no matter the circumstances or the type of background that people had around me, I felt that they will always listen to the messages that I genuinely felt like sharing, the moments of true connection through powerful conversations, and the way I lived with passion my life adding meaning to their journey’s while travelling. After coming back from a 27 day trip with no plan to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore and Tokyo. I chose to be the gypsy soul that I always been and found very comfortable flowing and growing while I traveling, but now I do it locally.

I engage with people, go to places full of colors and culture, and find myself surrounded with great souls that give meaning to my days by the way that we flow, following the gut, letting the universe be the guide. Now I don’t feel the need to travel to look for such souls, I feel I am on a non-stop mission, following my calling in life, and the Universe makes the magic of magnetizing souls looking for light to my journey of life.

So what do I do? I give sessions of light coaching to individuals looking for purpose and happiness.I can’t tell you how to live your life, but I can definitely help you find insights and light in your path.

I ordained myself recently with the universal life church. I am officiating wedding ceremonies for souls that are looking for love and new beginnings, planting seeds of love, unity, and compassion. Growing a forest of tall and strong trees, and bringing fruit out of that one of a kind love.

I am also taking people to go on a journey of change, traveling abroad or to the mountains to walk their walk and connect with mother earth, getting in tune with their roots, colors, and essence.

So my message for you today is to get in tuned with your inner self, find your element, find your true colors, your calling in life, make it a gift by becoming a soul of service, find happiness from within, today.

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Remember that you can find information about my calling in life, the services I provide of light-coaching, ministry, and the experience to the mountains on my website www.light2yourjourney.com or in all social media channels. You can listen to all my stories of change, moments of love in volcanos, experiences full of synchronicities and confirmations, connecting with souls, finding purpose in one of a kind places while traveling the world in my podcast.

Sending you love and light to your journey, thank you!