Mort Fertel

Mort Fertel is an American marriage coach and the head of the Marriage Fitness Tele-Boot Camp.

Career
In 2004 Fertel wrote the book Marriage Fitness: 4 Steps to Building & Maintaining Phenomenal Love. Fertel has said that his book was inspired by the loss of his infant son and then infant twin daughters, after which he and his wife coped with the tragedy by distancing themselves from each other. Fertel became disappointed by contemporary marriage counselling methods, and decided to develop a new program to address marriage issues. The program's focuses include the importance of a healthy marriage for raising children and various instructions on how to maintain this kind of marriage, such as the use of honesty to increase intimacy between partners. Part of his advice that has been cited by other relationship books is to learn to love the person you are with instead of trying to find the perfect person.

The book became the basis for the Marriage Fitness Tele-Boot Camp. Fertel also offers private tele-sessions with couples seeking counselling, and has over one hundred thousand subscribers to his electronic magazine. Mayor Martin O'Malley declared October 24-31, 2004 "Marriage Fitness Week" in Baltimore, Maryland in honor of Fertel's work and seminars. In 2005 Fertel was quoted in the news regarding the marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Camilla. Between 2009 and 2010 Fertel was a contributor to The Christian Post. He has also been published in Family Circle Magazine.

Personal life
Mort Fertel is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Fertel has five children, including a set of triplets that includes one son and two daughters.