The stress and strain of constantly being connected can sometimes take your life -- and your well-being -- off course. GPS For The Soul can help you find your way back to balance.


GPS Guides are our way of showing you what has relieved others' stress in the hopes that you will be able to identify solutions that work for you. We all have de-stressing "secret weapons" that we pull out in times of tension or anxiety, whether they be photos that relax us or make us smile, songs that bring us back to our heart, quotes or poems that create a feeling of harmony, or meditative exercises that help us find a sense of silence and calm. We encourage you to look at the GPS Guide below, visit our other GPS Guides here, and share with us your own personal tips for finding peace, balance and tranquility.


We know that giving to others can do it lot when it comes to our own happiness and health. In her GPS Guide, Claudia Gonzalez puts this knowledge into practice: See how service helps Claudia live a life a purpose in the slideshow below.





  • My colleagues and I are saving lives. Every day. Every week. 100,000 lives every month. Knowing that I am working to change the world gives me the strength and power to keep going and never give up.




  • Giving back, making a difference and helping others gives me peace, strength and happiness.




  • When I get stressed or trapped in my own problems, it helps me to put them into perspective and realize I have food, shelter and health. The people I help sometimes have none of those, and still, they smile and keep going.




  • Do one thing every day where you feel you are making a difference -- where you know you are helping someone other than yourself. Then embrace it in your heart and be grateful for it.




  • There's nothing bigger than to transcend oneself and help others. Use your talent, your passion and your creativity to make the world a better place.




  • "Everyone has a purpose in life . . . a unique gift or special talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of our own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals." - Deepak Chopra




  • If I see something beautiful and can take a moment to reflect, when I inhale I visualize a blue/violet ray of light coming through my head that gives me power and drive. When I exhale, a very intense white light, like a bubble of energy, leaves my heart and goes into others. That light embraces them and protects them. People around me feel safe.




  • "The world is more malleable than you think, and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape." - Bono.




  • Don’t accept the world as it is -- only how you aspire for it.





Claudia Gonzalez is a marketing expert specialized on social and humanitarian causes. She has worked for refugees and internally displaced people running from war or persecution at UNHCR and at the World Economic Forum, building its image as a leading organization committed to improving the state of the world. Currently, she leads marketing for the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, and she is the marketing teacher at the International Organizations MBA program in Geneva. Claudia is a frequent public speaker and has published numerous articles and papers on marketing for social good.


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