Jennifer Aniston and Jim Curtis have been more open about their romance over the past few weeks.
The Friends star, 57, and the popular hypnotherapist sparked dating speculation in 2025 when they were seen vacationing together with mutual friends in Mallorca.
They went official on social media on Jim's milestone 50th birthday in November, and have since been more candid about their romance, especially Jim.
© Getty ImagesCase in point, his latest appearance on the Ced with Intention podcast, during which Jim spoke about handling conflict and differing opinions in a relationship. While he doesn't mention Jennifer by name, he does refer to "my girlfriend."
"Flare up" and "repair"
"I spend a lot of time with my girlfriend," he said. "We spend a lot of time in the house together. Sometimes, we can have little things flare up. We have the opportunity to be silent, angry, [we] could leave the house, think about it and meditate on how to change it." Instead, they used it as an opportunity to "repair" things and move forward.
© Instagram"Or we can say, 'Hey, this is what happened, I'm sorry,' and do the repair, and then go and work on making sure it happens less or doesn't happen again," Jim outlined of their philosophy. "Because once you make a repair and it just happens five more times, no one trusts it."
Opining that the "only reason we're here on this earth is for interpersonal relationships," he continued: "We both have to work on ourselves. 'I can't fix you, you can't fix me.' But we have to at least be in agreement, 'This is gonna happen when we have this discussion.'"
"We've had discussions where, before anything bad happens, 'In this situation, do you need time? Do you need 10 minutes to yourself to think about it or do you want to get into it immediately? Is it OK if we sleep overnight or are you the type of person who, if you go to bed angry, it's really painful for you?'"
Establishing "rules"
The celebrity-loved hypnotherapist spoke on "rules" in their relationship, adding: "I think there needs to be, especially in a romantic relationship, you need to pregame the rules to this thing that you're doing."
© InstagramHe also spoke on the podcast about moving on from the past and growing together, saying: "The things you've been through can shape you, but they don't have to define you. Identity isn't fixed, it's something you can rebuild, one belief at a time."
When Jen met Jim
During an appearance on the TODAY Show back in January, Jim opened up about how he and Jennifer met for the first time, telling host Craig Melvin: "We were just introduced by friends… That's it. We found out that we had mutual friends and we started to just chat."
© Getty Images"It took a long time. We chatted for a long time, and we became close," he continued, and when asked how long they had been together for, he noted: "A long time, months now. Almost close to a year."
