1Once a day, take turns unloading the day's outside stress while the other just listens and supports, not fixes.
Ten minutes each on stress from beyond the relationship. The listener gives empathy, not solutions.
Where it sits. Gottman method, Turn Toward; the Stress-Reducing Conversation
Islamic evidence
Help one another to do what is right and good (Quran 5:2). Carrying each other's daily burdens is that mutual help at 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
Couples who buffer each other from external stress, by listening supportively rather than problem-solving, protect the relationship from being worn down by the outside world.
Gottman, J.; Coan, J.; Carrere, S.; Swanson, C. (1998). Journal of Marriage and the Family · doi
Newlywed interaction patterns; accepting influence; soft start-up.
Review detail
Why it works. A daily stress-reducing conversation about outside pressures buffers the relationship from being eroded by them.