What is this thing called “Emotional Intelligence”? It is a huge predictor of success in our social and work environments and yet is seems so obvious to some while elusive to others. Dr. Ann Polya, a Jupiter resident, explores the Power of Emotional Intelligence in her new book. “Mind Over Matter: the Power of Emotional Intelligence”. She demonstrates how improving our Emotional Intelligence has multiple benefits including:- improved memory and better decision-making, and vastly improved self-knowledge and awareness of ourselves and others, so that we are able to truly be ourselves and therefore have more effective communication, which in turn dramatically improves all our relationships with other people –including our significant other – by improving our selection of appropriate relationship strategies. Indeed, people with well developed Emotional Intelligence find relationships easy, enjoyable, and rewarding; are connected to others and are flexible, resilient, and tolerant of differences, are optimistic, trusting, good listeners and know their own moods and are observant of those of others and have emotional empathy while respecting boundaries. We are made up of our emotions and feelings and they give us a vital dimension to know ourselves better, better understand others. We cannot totally eliminate our emotions, and with Emotional Intelligence we can learn to live with them and profit from them by better understanding ourselves and others; moreover EQ helps access