Jim Curtis says his relationship with Jennifer Aniston has given his spiritual wellness message a far wider audience, allowing him to reach “many more” people than before.
The wellness coach, 50, has been dating the Hollywood actress, 57, for more than a year. Aniston recently joined him for a live Q&A event held to launch his latest book.
Curtis says the overlap between his personal life and professional work has happened naturally. Reflecting on his growing public profile in a new interview, he said: “Aren’t I blessed to be of interest?”
“And to have the opportunity that if there is a soul, person or mind that is interested in my work, that now I have the potential to bring it to them. And that is my mission.”
Although Curtis does not hold psychology qualifications, he says he has trained in a range of coaching practices, including hypnotherapy, hypnosis, neurolinguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation and executive coaching.
He says his work draws on the methods that helped transform his own life, which he now shares with clients and followers. Women account for the majority of his 1.1 million Instagram followers.
Jennifer Aniston’s boyfriend Jim Curtis says dating the Hollywood star has helped him bring his spirituality-focused work to “many more” people
In a new interview with The Sunday Times Magazine, Curtis said that while helping others remains his central purpose, he also enjoys a quieter life with Aniston at her $21 million Los Angeles home. He divides his time between her property and his apartment in New York.
During stays at Aniston’s home, Curtis starts the day early with sit-ups in bed before feeding her three dogs and bringing the actress coffee. The pair then begin their day with a shared meditation practice.
“We take real responsibility to go within and understand and soothe ourselves. So we meditate together,” Curtis said. “I meditate and I’ll say things like ‘I’m divinely guided’, meaning I don’t have to worry, it’s all working out.”
Curtis adds that he avoids watching the news, calling it ‘brainwashing’ and steers well clear of any stories about his relationship.
The wellness coach can’t avoid the fact though that his methods have been in the spotlight. His 2018 TEDx talk, The Cosmic Algorithm: Deciphering the Signs, was flagged by TED because it ‘appears to fall outside’ editorial guidelines.
Meanwhile his new book focuses on his belief in the ‘quantum field’- an energetic space where every possible version of your life exists simultaneously.
Curtis has borrowed the name from a formal, physics theory, which scientists have critcised as ‘fraudulent’ as it creates a a veneer of scientific authority. #
Curtis insists he sees spirituality and science as separate, and says ‘For a long time I felt like, who am I to give spiritual advice? Who am I to give advice on how you’re going to overcome your pain and your suffering in your life? And then I realised who am I not to?’
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Mixing his relationship with his work has been an organic process, according to Curtis as he admits in a new interview about his new celeb status: ‘Aren’t I blessed to be of interest?’
Aniston went Instagram official with Curtis to mark his birthday last November.
At the time, she professed her love for her beau as she shared a black and white image of her hugging him from behind.
She captioned the loved-up photo: ‘Happy birthday, my love. Cherished ❤️.’
The hypnotist also posted snapshots from his birthday party on his Instagram account across two posts.
One caption read: ’50 and feeling good! Birthday recap part 1. Thank you for all the wishes and love. So grateful for you my friends, family and community.’
Another more romantic one, including a wider shot of the photo Jennifer posted, had the sweet note, ‘If this is a dream I don’t want to wake up. ❤️.’
Insiders have shared insight on the current state of the couple’s romance to Us Weekly.
The source claimed that Aniston and Curtis have ‘moved beyond the excitement of a new relationship and are developing a genuine partnership’.
The pair are said to have ‘an ease about them that’s infectious’ and that that ease stems from them feeling ‘accepted’ by one another.
‘It comes from feeling accepted rather than needing to impress each other,’ the insider explained.
‘They are more trusting and less guarded. They are just as comfortable discussing difficult subjects as they are being vulnerable with each other. It’s grown from an exciting connection to a dependable partnership.’
The insider also shared that Aniston’s friends are impressed by how ‘naturally’ her and Curtis’s ‘lives have blended together despite coming from totally different worlds’.
Pals are also convinced that the secret to the couple’s romantic success is because Curtis ‘is not part of the industry’ and does ‘his own thing’.