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Lewis Raymond Taylor
Born (1990-05-17) May 17, 1990 (age 34)
Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, podcaster, public speaker

Lewis Raymond Taylor (born 17 May 1990) is an entrepreneur, podcaster and public speaker from Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.[1][2][3] He is the host of a podcast show "Turning Adversity into An Asset"[4] which featured actors, celebrities and TV personalities such as Katie Price,[5][6] Gail Porter, Ash Dykes, Kerry Katona,[7] Dave Courtney, Billy McFarland, Charlie Edwards, Matt Hookings,[8] and Dapper Laughs as guests.[9] He is the founder of a coaching company known as "The Coaching Masters".[10][11] In 2022, Taylor gave a TEDx Youth talk at Radley College titled Turning a Black Hole White."[12][13] His life was documented in a Channel 4 documentary Teens On Cons.[14] In 2023, a documentary film about his life, “The Psychopath Life Coach” was released on Netflix.[15][16]

Early life

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Taylor was born in Hertfordshire, England.[17] He is a victim of sexual abuse and struggled with mental illness and substance misuse during his teenage years. By the age of 13, he had been arrested multiple times for offenses including shoplifting, arson, criminal damage, and car theft.[18] Taylor attended school in Kings Langley but was expelled at 15 after receiving an Antisocial Behaviour Order.[14] At the age of 18, he was sent to a Young Offender Institution, and by the age of 24, he was serving his third prison sentence for a violent assault that caused grievous bodily harm to another individual.[19] Following his release, he pursued education, studying business at Highbury College and Business Management & Entrepreneurship at Portsmouth University.[2][3]

Career

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After his release from prison in 2015, Taylor qualified as a life coach[19][20] and founded a coaching company known as "The Coaching Masters".[2][10][5] Taylor gave a TEDx speech called "Turning a Black Hole White" at a TedxYouth event at Radley College, Oxfordshire in 2022.[12] He hosts a podcast show "Turning Adversity into An Asset"[4] which features many actors, celebrities and TV personalities.[4][5]

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A Netflix documentary film titled The Psychopath Life Coach was made on Taylor's life, which was released in 2023.[15][21]

References

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  1. ^ "Kings Langley man turned around his criminal past - and now runs a $25million business". Hemel Today. 7 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Wareham, Stephanie (28 October 2022). "Convict who turned to cocaine turns life around - now owns $25m business". WalesOnline. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b Norton, Emmie; May, Adam (12 November 2022). "Teen convict from council estate is now a millionaire nomad travelling the world". mirror. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Turning Adversity into An Asset on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b c Woodcock, Zara (23 August 2023). "Katie Price enlists her biggest fan to be her surrogate to fulfil baby dreams". mirror. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  6. ^ Everett, Charlotte (15 June 2024). "Katie Price training to become a life coach with diagnosed psychopath as mentor". The Mirror. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Turning Adversity into An Asset: 'Kerry Katona On: Addiction to Whole Again | Lewis Raymond Taylor'". sites.libsyn.com. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Turning Adversity into An Asset: 'McDonald's to Movie Star' - Matt Hookings". sites.libsyn.com. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  9. ^ Elliott-Gibbs, Sam (4 May 2023). "Katie Price denies only earning £150 on OnlyFans and discloses true figure". mirror. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  10. ^ a b Costa, Celinne Da. "How This Ex-Convict Built A 7-Figure Coaching Business By Turning His Pain Into Power". Forbes. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  11. ^ Burns, Stephanie. "How To Turn Your Experiences Into A Coaching Business". Forbes. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  12. ^ a b Turning a black hole white | Lewis Raymond Taylor | TEDxYouth@RadleyCollege, 17 March 2023, retrieved 30 August 2023
  13. ^ "TEDxYouth@RadleyCollege | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  14. ^ a b Convicted Criminal Turned Millionaire Claps Back At Teenager | Teens On Cons | Channel 4, 30 April 2023, retrieved 30 August 2023
  15. ^ a b Spence, Niamh (13 November 2023). "Netflix The Psychopath Life Coach star hits back at claims he's 'running a cult'". The Mirror. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  16. ^ Harrison, Phil; Duggins, Alexi; Duggins, Phil Harrison & Alexi (17 November 2023). "Squid Game: The Challenge to One Night – the seven best shows to stream this week". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  17. ^ "How a convicted 'violent thug' became a multi-millionaire". Yahoo News. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  18. ^ SWNS, Amy Reast; Whitehouse, Ellis (30 October 2022). "Hertfordshire man who was expelled from school and jailed now runs $25m business". HertsLive. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  19. ^ a b "Psychopath who became a life coach reveals moment he 'thought he killed someone'". LADbible. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  20. ^ "Real Life: From a life of crime to a life-coach". portsmouth.co.uk. 27 June 2017.
  21. ^ "Psychopath from Netflix documentary rates celebrities from 0-10 on the psychopath scale". UNILAD. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
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