The concept of this video is to normalize that every person is different and what are partner needs will change. However, we can look to their history to see what might comfort them. You might benefit from asking them directly or trying some of the strategies suggested below:
Intently Listening
Grabbing your partner a glass of water
Words of Affirmation: Encouraging and Empathizing
Physical Touch: Cuddles
Gifts: Your partner may have been soothed by a meaningful gift in the past that showed them they were cared forB
Planning may help give your partner reassurance
Validation and exploring all possibilities (the best case and worse case)
Love requires efforts and intervention to help soothe another
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