Jennifer Aniston Reveals How Boyfriend Helped Her Face a Deep Fear

Jennifer Aniston stepped into the interviewer’s chair in New York City on Wednesday, joining her boyfriend Jim Curtis onstage to celebrate the release of his new book, The Book of Possibility.

The 57-year-old Friends actress and the 50-year-old author appeared at Kaufmann Concert Hall at 92NY Residence, where a packed audience watched the couple share easy rapport, warm exchanges and playful banter, according to photos and video obtained by Our News Outlet.

After their 30-minute discussion, Aniston opened up during a fan Q&A about a “deep fear” she said Curtis was helping her confront by encouraging her to moderate the event.

The candid moment came when she was asked to name “one possibility” she was choosing in the present.

Aniston replied that she was “choosing to overcome a very deep, deep fear of public speaking.”

When another question turned to how she manages stress, the actress said, “I think I’m doing really well. Deep breaths and meditation.”

She added with emphasis, “Truly. It is five deep, deep breaths. Focus. Take a moment.”

Meanwhile, Curtis opened up about his personal struggles during the one-on-one talk.

He shared the difficulty of coming to terms with his health in his early 20s, when doctors found lesions on his spinal cord, leading to partial paralysis and chronic nerve damage.

‘I’m not saying here that if the doctor tells you to do something, you should get up and leave,’ he explained about getting a grave diagnosis.

He said, ‘What I’m saying is you don’t have to live as the victim. You don’t have to live in your suffering. It can become your power.’

His advice for getting through a health ordeal is to ‘accept it and love it.’

However, he wasn’t always honest about why he walks with a limp.

‘I would say I got into a motorcycle accident,’ Curtis admitted. ‘I was so shameful that I had a medical condition. I was broken in some way. I thought the motorcycle accident was at least a little macho.’

Over the course of 25 years, he said he was able to ‘overcome’ his insecure thoughts with ‘self-acceptance and self-love.’

Upon the conversation’s conclusion, Aniston thanked the audience and warmly embraced her boyfriend in front of the packed theater before exiting the stage. 

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. ❤️.’

On Wednesday, insiders 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’ ‘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.’