What is the true story behind The Psychopath Life Coach?

Haunted by a tumultuous childhood tainted by mental illness, sexual and physical abuse, emotional neglect and profound trauma and a rebellious adolescence riddled with addiction and the loss of his father to cancer, Lewis’s path seemed set for perpetual darkness and self-sabotage. He served multiple prison sentences for offences including grievous bodily harm and was clinically diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder, emotionally unstable personality disorder and bipolar type 2 while imprisoned.

But during his third stint in prison aged 24, Lewis decided he wasn’t going to continue to follow this dark path and pledged to make a change. From these depths, he created The Coaching Masters, a $25 million (£20m) academy and global community spanning 85 countries that some, including previous members, have described as ‘a cult’. This empire didn’t just bring financial success; it ushered Lewis into an elite circle of influence.

The Psychopath Life Coach: new documentary exposes the dark underbelly of self-help