About HeartSoul Nutrition

Meet Kirsten Wright, NTP

Some practitioners come to nutrition through textbooks. Kirsten came to it through life — decades of teaching movement, raising four children, caring for families in her community, and never stopping her pursuit of the latest research on how the body truly heals and thrives.

Background

Kirsten earned her Bachelor of Science in Community Health Education from the University of Illinois in 1994, with a focus on kinesiology and maternal health. That same year, she began her Pilates certification journey — a process she completed in 2012 when she purchased and opened The Pilates Studio of Springfield. For over 35 years, she has taught movement in nearly every form — aerobics, kickboxing, kettlebell, TRX, stability training, and comprehensive Pilates — earning her a rare, embodied understanding of how the body moves, adapts, and responds to stress.

Her path into health care has been both broad and deep. She spent two years in nursing school, and worked as a home visitor, social worker, and health program developer at the Springfield Urban League, where she built a 0–3 health education program from the ground up — giving her a lasting appreciation for meeting people exactly where they are.

A Passion for Nutrition...

Throughout all of it, nutrition was always calling. A lifelong, self-directed student of nutritional science, Kirsten formally pursued that passion in 2024, completing the Nutritional Therapy Association's rigorous Nutritional Therapy Practitioner program in February 2025. She has also completed the My Happy Genes practitioner certification, allowing her to offer clients personalized genetic testing of over 675 SNPs — translating their unique genome into specific food and supplement guidance that is truly their own.

...But Even More for Connection

But credentials only tell part of the story. What drives Kirsten most is connection. She has discovered, through both her Pilates and nutrition clients, that her greatest gift is the therapy in nutritional therapy — the deep listening, the sincere curiosity, and the commitment to understanding each person's whole picture so she can walk alongside them as they build the health and life they deserve.

At HeartSoul Nutrition, that is always the goal: not just better labs or a cleaner diet, but genuine, lasting joy — in your body, your energy, and your life.