With more than a decade and a half of experience, Denise Hanks, LMC, has established a successful career in consultancy. Today, she excels as the owner at Denise Hanks, Life Mastery Consultant. Her work focuses on empowering individuals and organizations through strategic planning and personal development. She specializes in helping clients create clear visions, develop actionable plans, and establish measurable metrics for progress. Additionally, Ms. Hanks manages coaching groups of two to four individuals in six-month or year-long programs, combining two powerful frameworks: strategic planning with a spiritual perspective and a focus on brain function, habit formation, and mindset shifting to help clients achieve their goals and live their dreams.
Since 2022, Ms. Hanks also has been a mental fitness coach with Positive Intelligence, where she inspires transformation by emphasizing mindset shifts and habit formation. Positive Intelligence focuses on building mental fitness through science-based techniques, helping individuals and teams improve resilience, performance, and well-being. Moreover, Ms. Hanks has been a speaker, trainer, and certified DreamBuilder coach since 2015, conducting workshops for organizations including the Connecticut Association of Adult & Continuing Education and the Connecticut Association Serving Adults with Disabilities. Her coaching practice integrates strategic planning with a spiritual perspective, enabling clients to achieve their goals and live their dreams. Further, she serves as the disability contact person and data manager at Bridgeport Adult Education.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Hanks was a longtime planner and special projects coordinator at The ABCD Inc. She gained more invaluable experience working as a data systems administrator and results-oriented management and accountability trainer, assisting organizations in creating visions and achieving goals through structured planning. In service to her country, Ms. Hanks held a notable tenure in the military spanning 10 years of active duty in the United States Air Force and 15 years in logistics planning with the Connecticut Air National Guard.
Laying her educational foundation, Ms. Hanks earned a bachelor’s degree in applied business management from Grand Canyon University in 2017 and holds certifications from the Brave Thinking Institute, including the Life Mastery Consultant Certification Program in 2021 and the DreamBuilder Coaching Accelerator Program in 2015. Reflecting on her path, she believes everyone deserves to live a life they love and brings this philosophy to her work as a results-oriented trainer and coach. Drawing on her 25-year military background in accounting, finance, and logistics planning, she combines structure and goal-oriented methods with personal development, helping clients realize their aspirations and celebrate their progress.
In light of her impressive undertakings, Ms. Hanks received letters of recognition from the Community Action Agency, a nonprofit dedicated to serving the poor and disadvantaged, and commendations during her military operations. She also received the highest and most positive participant evaluations at the annual conferences for the Connecticut Association of Adult & Continuing Education. Ms. Hanks attributes her success to resilience and self-belief, recognizing that inner strength can overcome any challenge. Giving back, she dedicates time to serving on the Bridgeport Purchasing Board and as a member of Mt. Aery Baptist Church.
Looking to the future, Ms. Hanks plans to transition to full-time work, focusing on speaking engagements, hosting workshops, and collaborating closely with clients to create meaningful and positive changes in their lives. She sees her work as a chance to create a positive impact while fostering her personal growth and the well-being of others, and embraces the transformative power of spiritual energy, aligning her thoughts, feelings, and actions to develop a more empowered and positive outlook.
Outside of her professional life, Ms. Hanks takes great pride in her family, including her son, daughter, and two stepchildren, all of whom she believes embody kindness and thoughtfulness. She enjoys spending her free time acting, singing, dancing, and traveling.