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Lewis Raymond Taylor (born 17 May 1990) is an entrepreneur, podcaster and public speaker from Hertfordshire , United Kingdom. ^{[1] [2] [3]} He hosts a podcast show " Turning Adversity into An Asset " ^[4] which includes actors, celebrities and TV personalities such as Matt Hookings , ^[5] Ash Dykes , Kerry Katona , ^[6] Dave Courtney , Billy McFarland , Gail Porter , Charlie Edwards , Dapper Laughs and Katie Price as guests. ^{[7] [8]} Taylor has been imprisoned on three occasions, one of which involved a conviction for brutally assaulting another individual. Subsequent to his release, he founded a coaching company known as "The Coaching Masters". ^{[9] [10]} In 2022, Taylor was a speaker at a TEDx Youth event held at Radley College , where he delivered a talk titled " Turning a Black Hole White ." ^{[11] [12]} Taylor's life was documented in a Channel 4 programme Teens On Cons . ^{[13] [14] [15]}

Early life

Taylor was born in Hertfordshire, England. ^[16] He is a victim of sexual abuse and suffered from mental illness and substance misuse in his teenage and at the age of 13 was arrested on multiple occasions for shoplifting , starting fires, criminal damage and car theft. ^[17] He attended school in Kings Langley , where he was expelled at the age of 15 due to Antisocial Behaviour Order . ^[13] At 18 years old, Taylor was sent to a Young Offender Institution and at the age of 24, he served his third prison sentence for violently attacking a man and causing grievous bodily harm. He later studied business at Highbury College and Business Management & Entrepreneurship at Portsmouth University . ^{[1] [3]}

Career

Following release from prison in 2015, Taylor received a qualification as a life coach ^[18] and later founded a coaching company known as "The Coaching Masters". ^{[1] [10] [8]} He gave a TEDx speech called "Turning a Black Hole White" at a TedxYouth event in Oxfordshire in 2022. ^[11]

In popular culture

A documentary film named Psychopath Life Coach has been made on Taylor's life. ^[19]

References

Category:Living people Category:1990 births Category:British businesspeople Category:People from Hertfordshire