A former Kings Langley resident, who was arrested for grievous bodily harm in 2015, has appeared in a Netflix documentary detailing his rise to starting a business worth more than $25million.
Lewis Taylor, who appeared on the cover of Kingsnews following his arrest, is now CEO of The Coaching Masters. He shares his story in The Psychopath Life Coach, which hit the streaming site in November.
The feature-length documentary details how Lewis’s dysfunctional relationship with his father led to years of pathological behaviour as well as a string of arrests.
Lewis opens up about his childhood, sharing how he was sexually abused aged 11, was arrested for the first time at 13, and was in a young offenders’ institute at 18.
He said: “When you’re a young child and you’re sexually abused, you don’t know you’ve been sexually abused. [You think] is this something I did? Did I cause this? Did I ask for this? Is it my fault?
There’s a spiral of things to the point where it’s overwhelming, and then you shut down.”
Lewis discusses how substance and alcohol abuse took over his life, and went so far as to say he found the peace he’d been searching for by “punching people’s heads in”.
He said: “I would always go too far. I’m always stamping on people’s heads. I would always kick a man when he’s down.”
After his father passed away, Lewis says he had reached the point where he was “completely and utterly powerless” over his behaviour.
He started dealing drugs, using his friends and younger brother to build a network, and would be taking drugs for days in a row without sleep or food.
He was later diagnosed with an antisocial personality disorder.
Lewis, who was living in Kings Langley at the time, appeared on the Kings News cover in March 2015 under the headline ‘Jailed for queue rage’.
Outside Watford Junction station, Lewis had brashly pushed in front of others waiting for a taxi, and ultimately got into an altercation. His victim was left with a brain haemorrhage.
Lewis said: “I thought I’d killed him.”
Lewis was sentenced to 18 months in prison. It was whilst he was behind bars that he looked in the mirror and made the decision to change.
Lewis’s prison tutor, Suzanne Parkey, said: “He’s a very quick learner, really good at maths. He learned pi to the 100th decimal place overnight.”
After being released from prison, Lewis spent six months in rehab and attended Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
He said: “I was watching breakthrough experiences from people, homeless people turning into businesspeople, people getting clean from heroin and crack. [I thought] why is this only available for drug addicts and alcoholics? I want this to be available for other people.”
This was when Lewis realised he could use his experiences for good, and decided to become a life coach.
He said: “I realised I’d been given a gift. I never thought I’d be someone that could help other people.”
In the first eight months, Lewis made £100,000. Now, his company The Coaching Masters, which aims to help clients increase the use of their talents, strengths and skills in order to become more fully functioning in both their personal and professional lives, has a value of $25million.
Two weeks after the Netflix documentary aired, which Lewis admits he had a hand in editing, he shared his thoughts on the reaction.
Lewis said: “I’ll be honest, it’s knocked me a bit. I thought I was a ‘coaching master’, someone with a bulletproof mindset, and even as you would have seen, somewhat of a ‘psychopath’.
“I’ve struggled with the new small level of fame that’s come with it, people’s negative opinions, and stepping into a persona that taps into one of my deepest fears I’ve got of being bad and unlovable.
“Overall, it’s left me a bit mentally confused.
“But no matter how much work you’ve done on yourself, bigoted TV presenters, haters writing comments and articles coming out spinning a very unfair narrative, is enough to throw anyone off.
“I’m working on adjusting into my new environment and seeing this as a level-up moment – one I will grateful for in the months/years to come.
“Growing pains, I like to call them.”
Photo Credit: Lewis Raymond Taylor
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