Jennifer Aniston and Jim Curtis took a really public step of their relationship on Wednesday, sitting down collectively for a dialog at 92NY.
The occasion was held in celebration of Curtis’ new e-book The Book of Possibility, and noticed Aniston interview the transformational coach and wellness skilled — who she’s been courting for over a 12 months — on stage.
“This is very, very exciting. It is quite an honor to be here, especially with you, Jim Curtis,” Aniston advised the gang, earlier than launching right into a story about how she grew up going to gymnasium class and taking part in dodgeball within the 92NY constructing. “It’s quite a full circle moment to be back here with you, speaking of dodging balls,” she teased, questioning, “Have I completely embarrassed you?”
“Not yet. We’re still on track here. First question please,” Curtis joked again. She started by asking him about his journey to wellness and self-help, after rising up in Boston (the place “we didn’t suffer woo-woo,” Curtis mentioned) and having a finance profession on Wall Street. Eventually, he hit an “ultimate low” together with his well being and relationships, and wound up within the hospital with a scary analysis.
“I just said, ‘You know what? I’ve reached rock bottom and it’s time to change,’” Curtis advised the gang as he received emotional. Aniston responded, “You reached this point where you’re met with two roads, and you definitely took the road less traveled in your case.”
Curtis has walked with a limp since he was younger as a result of lesions on his spinal twine, and admitted that when folks would ask why, he’d say he received into a bike accident.
“I was so shameful that I had a medical condition, that I was broken in some way, that I thought that a motorcycle accident was at least a little macho, right? It’s like this identity of the macho strong man,” he mentioned. “It didn’t come with the connotation and shame of ‘this could get worse’ and ‘should we hire you?’ and that’s what was thinking in my head.” Curtis added, “I overcame that with self-acceptance and self-love and it was a long journey in which I realized I could have done it quicker, and that’s what this book is about.”
Jim Curtis and Jennifer Aniston at Elle’s 2025 Women in Hollywood Celebration.
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The couple additionally drew some comparisons between their professions, as Aniston mused that “if you’re a director and you have an actor, depending on who your actor is — some actors, they’re just like, ‘I want to bleed this character from my veins, so please talk to me.’ And then there’s others that are like, ‘Just give me a line reading. I want to be a Nobu by eight.’” Curtis coaches a wide-range of purchasers, many which might be fairly profitable, and needed to discover ways to converse to every particular person otherwise.
“People think like I’m ‘look into my eyes’ type of thing,” Curtis joked, referencing his work as a hypnotherapist. “Really what our conversations as a coach is is asking the right questions so people can understand themselves more… I’m lucky enough to have worked in finance. I’m lucky enough to have worked in media and the entrepreneurial companies, and so I can speak that language to that person in a way that isn’t like ‘believe in the source of love that you are, straight from the heavens.’ That doesn’t fly.”
Before leaping to some viewers submissions, Curtis advised Aniston, “Those were fantastic questions, by the way — and I know that we kind of went over those questions,” as she jumped in, “I didn’t ask you one question that was prepared. I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Their banter continued because the transformational coach joked that the toughest a part of engaged on the e-book was selecting the quilt: “Is that a good enough picture of me? How does my hair — you know. How many times did I ask you, ‘Is this a good picture of me to put on this cover?’”
“A lot,” Aniston responded, teasing him with the following query, “What did you learn about yourself while writing the book? You got a good picture.” At the tip, Curtis threw a number of inquiries to Aniston, along with her admitting she needed to “overcome a very deep, deep fear of public speaking” to do the occasion with him.
After a 30-minute chat, Aniston exited the stage and Curtis led the gang in a guided meditation — however first, he needed to get a really feel for the viewers. “How many people here meditate on a regular basis? And be honest, how many people here just came here to see Jennifer Aniston interview me?” he laughed. “How many people here, despite that, are willing to try some meditation? How many people here are worried I’m going to try to hypnotize you and you’ll act like a chicken?”
The Book of Possibility hits cabinets on Tuesday.