1Be the first person your spouse wants to tell good news to, by delighting when they do.
Meet their small wins with real, curious gladness, so you stay their first call.
Where it sits. EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy), attachment-based couple intervention
Islamic evidence
The servants of the Merciful ask for joy in their spouses (Qur'an 25:74). To share your spouse's joy is to answer that prayer.
“those who pray, ‘Our Lord, give us joy in our spouses and offspring. Make us good examples to those who are aware of You’”
Qur'an 25:74
Psychological evidence
How you greet a partner's good news matters even more than how you meet their bad. Genuine delight makes you the one they most want to share joy with.
Johnson, S.M. (2019). Guilford
The originator's account of EFT as attachment-based practice.
Review detail
Why it works. Enthusiastic response to good news predicts a stronger bond than support in hard times.