Wonderful and well written article that is needed in this day and age! Wonderful job Helena! I would like to add that playing guitar helps me improve my Emotional Intelligence by opening a new realm of possibilities of the musical journey and happiness. It is like my emotions are set to a higher degree where I can truly be in the zone of myself. It is hard to explain but when I was reading your article of "Emotional IQ" I felt that playing music enhanced mine. Thanks for letting me share this with you.