I’m currently immersed in research exploring emotional intelligence, and it has prompted me to reflect on how often we misunderstand what it truly means to be emotionally intelligent. Emotional intelligence — a term popularised by psychologist Daniel Goleman  — is often reduced to being “good with emotions.” But in therapeutic work, it’s far more nuanced than that. It isn’t about being calm all the time, nor is it about being endlessly empathetic or emotionally expressive. At