What Husbands Need: Reaching His Heart and Reclaiming His Passion

Even "good" families—those not fractured by divorce or separation—are frazzled by the day-to-day activity of our lives. In innocent pursuits of purpose and personal fulfillment, sometimes the husband-wife relationship suffers from lack of consistent nourishing. With sensitivity acquired from personal experience, Judy Carden reminds women to turn their hearts back toward home and to look upon one of their greatest treasures—their husbands—with a fresh and tender perspective.

What Husbands Need is not about having a “good” marriage—it’s about having a “great” marriage! In this captivating book, Judy Carden shares what she has learned as she has followed God's pattern for marriage by truly engaging the needs of her husband's heart.

Once upon a time, Judy realized that in her pursuit of personal fulfillment, she had unknowingly left behind her most important treasure: her husband. Dealing with the issues of respect, prayer, breathing room, sex, friendship, recreation, jealousy, forgiveness, and chivalry, women are guided to the areas they can target to make their husbands feel honored and loved.

Even if disenchantment, discouragement, or despair has set in, it’s not too late to start having a truly dynamic love story. What Husbands Need is a return to God’s plan—and a return to the romance that will last a lifetime.

“… Judy Carden provides a poignant message with a catalyst for change. With our busy-based world leaving little time for romance, she shows us how to re-ignite our marriage with the magic and miracle of love by taking the longings of our husband’s heart and pressing them onto our own…”

—Dr. Shay Roop
Marriage and Family Counselor
Author of For Women Only: God’s Design for Female Sexuality & Intimacy

“In her fifth book, What Husbands Need, Judy shows us how to reclaim our marriages. Her insight, wit and common sense guide us back to marriage as the joyful, steadfast, and, yes, sensual union designed by
God . . . .”

—Joni Fisher, wife, mother, journalist

Judy Carden lives in Winter Haven, Florida, with her husband, Bob. They have three children who are in various stages of undergraduate and graduate studies. Judy is delighted to be a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend. As the president and founder of Inspiration Etc., her mission is to encourage lives of purpose, passion, and excellence. “Crash” (as she is known on the slopes) and her husband are avid snow skiers, and also share a love for many other activities. As a writer and speaker, Judy continues to share her secrets for transforming the mundane marriage into a magical, vibrant image of God’s plan for the contemporary covenant marriage.