In the last decade or so, science has discovered a tremendous amount about the role emotions play in our lives. esearchers have found that even more than IQ, your emotional awareness and abilities to handle feelings will determine our success and happiness in all walks of life, including family relationships.—John Gottman (ThinkPsych, 29 July 24)

Emotional intelligence, or EQ, is a popular term in public circles and may provide some insights into family relationships, especially those affected by mental illnesses. If someone were to ask you what EQ means, what would you say? How could knowing more about emotional responses improve your professional and or personal relationships? If emotional intelligence proved to be a tool that could help you cope with your relationship challenges by becoming more aware of the emotional responses of yourself and others, would you invest time and energy to learn more about it?

EQ can be an effective relationship tool through the acceptance of feelings, nurturing camaraderie, and encouragement to seek help.

Emotional intelligence is a tool that can help you navigate around relationship issues and is easy to learn about, although it can........

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