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Nest Health Connections Adds Personalized, Dietitian-Validated Nutrition to Its Workplace Wellbeing Programs, Powered by NutriStyle

Nest Health Connections, a national corporate wellness provider, today announced a new partnership with NutriStyle, an AI-powered personalized nutrition platform validated by more than 250 registered dietitians. Beginning in June 2026, the partnership will bring personalized meal planning, grocery integration, food logging, and nutrition support to employees participating in Nest workplace wellbeing programs across the United States. The goal is to make healthy eating simpler, more personalized, and more accessible for employees seeking practical ways to improve their health and wellbeing.

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Female founders launch Gamified Survey platform eeda™ - to replace the annual employee survey

Two female founders from the fitness and leisure industry have launched eeda™, an AI-powered employee engagement platform designed to make the annual survey obsolete. Elly Colvin and Cat McDermott founded the Manchester-based business in 2024 after spending over a decade each in commercial and people leadership roles, frustrated by a tool that had not meaningfully changed since the 1990s. eeda™ is now live, generating revenue, and serving clients across the UK including KA Leisure, TC Group, and Pendle Leisure.

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From Exhausted to Energized: Jessica H. Maurer Earns Fitness Industry's Top Honor

Jessica H. Maurer, wellness business consultant, happiness strategist, and keynote speaker, has been named the 2026 IDEA Fitness Leader of the Year. The award, presented by the IDEA Health & Fitness Association, honors an individual whose outstanding contributions to the fitness industry serve staff, fitness professionals, students, clients, and their community in inspiring ways, and whose leadership and business skills improve the industry's overall success. Maurer joins a distinguished group of leaders who have helped shape the direction of health, fitness, and wellness globally.
Maurer's career in the fitness and wellness industry spans more than two decades, beginning on the group fitness floor and growing into an internationally recognized platform for keynote speaking, consulting, and education. She has presented at the industry's most prestigious events, including IDEA World, FitnessFest, ACSM Health & Fitness Summit, AsiaFit, and canfitpro, and has partnered with leading brands including FIT4MOM, BOSU, Lebert Fitness, and more. Her writing has appeared in the IDEA Fitness Journal, canfitpro Magazine,

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Fuel Summit Unveils One of Its Most Exclusive Leadership Experiences Yet - An Intimate Leadership Intensive With Award-Winning CEO Elaine Jobson

This August, Fuel Summit is opening the doors to one of its most intimate and high-impact
leadership experiences to date — an exclusive Firestarter intensive with internationally
recognised CEO, author, keynote speaker, and culture strategist Elaine Jobson.
Held at 12-Micron in Sydney on Tuesday, 25 August 2026, High Performance Through
Happy People is not a keynote. It is not a panel. And it is not designed for the masses.
It is a rare opportunity for just 30 leaders to gain direct access to the leadership frameworks,
culture strategies, and performance philosophies that have made Elaine Jobson one of the
most respected executives in the global wellness and fitness industry.

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Hormonal Intelligence Platform VIV Opens Closed Beta for Women Who Want to Live In-Sync With Their Cycle

VIV, a hormonal intelligence platform for women aged 25–45, has opened its closed beta on iOS and Android. Founded in Berlin by Estefanía Andrade and technical co-founder Atziri Perez, VIV translates menstrual cycle science into daily, personalized recommendations across training, nutrition, and recovery designed for women who want to live and move sustainably, for the long run. The platform is backed by the EXIST-Women programme at Blue Factory Berlin (ESCP Business School), one of Germany's leading public funding initiatives for female founders in technology.

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GCC Fitness Operator Aysha Asfour Launches Jiwar Movement, A New Regional Performance Platform

Jiwar Movement, a Dubai-based fitness consulting and community movement company, officially launches today, founded by GCC fitness operator and strategic advisor Aysha Asfour. The company operates across two distinct pillars: strategic advisory for fitness and wellness brands across the region, and community-driven movement experiences for residential communities in the UAE. Jiwar enters the market with active engagements across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Jordan, and Iraq, and openness to projects in additional countries.

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