Self-improvement books are ubiquitous. Joining the ranks is Kathleen Kelly’s Why Is This Happening to Me?: A Guide for Learning and Practicing Emotional Intelligence. The book speaks about the aspects of society that influence us; what emotional intelligence is and how it affects our lives; how to recognize destructive emotions and what to do about them; and the tools to use for emotional intelligence and how to implement them. Kathleen Kelly has authored the book with everyone in mind, but parents, partners, teachers, people interested in self-improvement, people into spiritualism, bosses, and managers are specific targets. Why Is This Happening to Me?: A Guide for Learning and Practicing Emotional Intelligence is an amalgamation of the best quotes of other authors on how to take on life as an enlightened person. Kathleen includes stories of her own personal experiences as well as others experiencing people practicing emotional intelligence and not. She plans to use the contents of this book as a guide when she teaches emotional intelligence for adult education.