InInshirahislamically integrated self-help
ThemeShared spiritual life
ApproachEFT
MomentEveryday
1Encourage one thing your spouse wants to try, and tell them you have got their back.
EFTShared spiritual life60 secondsQur'an 5:2

Go, I am here if it wobbles. A secure base is what lets someone venture out bravely.

Where it sits. EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy), attachment-based couple intervention

Islamic evidence

Help one another in goodness and mindfulness of God (Qur'an 5:2). Backing a good venture is that help, closest to home.

so, you who believe, do not violate the sanctity of God’s rites, the Sacred Month, the offerings, their garlands, nor those going to the Sacred House to seek the bounty and pleasure of their Lord––but when you have completed the rites of pilgrimage you may…

Qur'an 5:2

Psychological evidence

People go furthest when someone steady is behind them. Backing your spouse's venture makes you the base they can leap from.

Johnson, S.M. (2019). Guilford

The originator's account of EFT as attachment-based practice.

Review detail

Why it works. Being a secure base frees a partner to grow and take healthy risks.

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