He added that they had been together for “months now, almost close to a year,” placing the beginning of their connection around early 2025.
Reports differ slightly on when the romance first became visible. Elle linked them in June 2025 after a trip to Big Sur, while broader public attention arrived the following month, when they were photographed in Mallorca over the July 4 holiday. Bateman and Anka joined them on that trip, establishing a pattern that has continued through outings in Malibu and West Hollywood.
Aniston publicly confirmed the relationship on November 2, 2025, Curtis’s 50th birthday. She posted an affectionate photograph and called him “my love.” Curtis later included her in a New Year reflection, writing that “it’s always the people who make it.” Subtlety had completed its assignment and was allowed to leave.
What does Jim Curtis do?
Curtis describes himself as a certified coach, hypnotherapist, Chopra meditation teacher and practitioner of neuro-linguistic programming. Those credentials are self-reported on his professional website.
His publisher calls his approach “Hypno-coaching,” shaped by his experiences with chronic illness and childhood trauma. He also wrote The Stimulati Experience: 9 Skills for Getting Past Pain, Setbacks, and Trauma to Ignite Health and Happiness.
Aniston has praised the purpose behind his work rather than treating his profession as an eccentric celebrity accessory.
“Hypnotism is one of the many things that he does,” she told Elle. “He’s quite extraordinary, and helps many, many people.”
She described him as “very special, very normal and very kind,” adding that he wants to help people move through trauma and periods of stagnation. “It’s a beautiful thing to commit your life to,” she said.
Aniston has also discussed using hypnosis to address her severe fear of flying. In April, she told Travel + Leisure that she previously followed a boarding ritual involving her right hand and right foot. Hypnosis required her to abandon those superstitions, while meditation and breathing exercises helped make flying “shockingly good.”
She has not said whether Curtis personally treated that fear. The overlap is obvious, but obvious is not the same as confirmed.
Their romance now overlaps with his book launch
Curtis’s increasingly public comments about the relationship arrive during a busy promotional period for his next book. On September 2, Aniston is scheduled to interview him at New York’s 92nd Street Y. Six days later, Simon & Schuster plans to publish The Book of Possibility, a 336-page title priced at $29.
His recent media appearances have mixed relationship details with discussions of coaching, meditation and emotional repair. That does not make the romance a marketing invention. It does mean the couple’s public profile and Curtis’s publishing schedule are moving in unusually tidy formation.
During a February appearance on the Ced With Intention podcast, Curtis said he and Aniston spend considerable time together at home. He also offered a detailed account of how they handle disagreements.
“We have the opportunity to either be silent or be angry and go leave the house and think about it,” he said. The alternative, he explained, is to acknowledge what happened, apologise and repair the problem.
The pair discussed their preferences before conflicts arose, including whether either person needs ten minutes alone, wants to address an issue immediately or finds it painful to go to bed angry. Curtis called the process setting rules in advance. It is romantic administration, perhaps, but apparently effective.
Aniston’s friends appear fully on board
Curtis was included in a large summer gathering Aniston shared on Instagram, alongside Billy Crudup, Naomi Watts, Sean Hayes, Jason Bateman, Amanda Anka and other friends. The August dinner with Cox and Kudrow added two of her closest former castmates to the expanding list.
Adam Sandler offered a more direct endorsement at the 2025 ELLE Women in Hollywood event. Paying tribute to Aniston, he said that he and his wife, Jackie Sandler, were happy the couple had found “the love affair you two deserve.” He then told Curtis, “We love you, Jim.”
Bethenny Frankel, who said she dated Curtis roughly a decade earlier, has also spoken positively about him. The former Real Housewives star called him a “nice guy” and said she was “betting on” his relationship with Aniston.
Curtis was previously married to Rachel Napolitano, with whom he shares a teenage son. Aniston was married to Brad Pitt after her manager arranged a blind date between them, and later to Justin Theroux, whom she met while working on a film.
This time, the introduction came through friends and developed slowly. For two people surrounded by publicity, that may be the least theatrical detail of all.
What have they said about life together?
Curtis has framed later-life dating as an advantage rather than a deadline. Asked on Instagram what advice he would give someone seeking love at 42, he said the process was the same as at 22 or 32, but with “more confidence, more experience and more authenticity.”
His advice centred on self-acceptance, openness and making connections. The language is consistent with his coaching work, though it also sounds considerably easier when delivered from inside a successful celebrity relationship.
Aniston, now 57, has kept her own comments shorter. In March, she told E! News she felt “very happy” and “really good” about her current season of life.
Curtis has been rather more expansive, discussing their introduction, home life and methods for resolving tension across television, podcasts and social media. Aniston has focused mainly on his character and work.
Together, their comments describe a relationship that began privately, moved slowly and eventually became public on their terms. The forthcoming New York appearance will put them onstage together, with Aniston asking the questions and Curtis promoting his book. For a couple that spent months merely chatting, they have become impressively scheduled.
