About

 Writer, mother,“realist”

Age

AS if she would tell you that…

 Guilty pleasures

pickled herrings, sour candy and Grey Goose martini’s – shaken, not stirred … And of course – Rock, Paper, Scissors!

Secret talent 

give her a topic and she can instantly substitute new and gut-busting funny lyrics to any song playing on the radio

 Where it all started

Laila grew up in northern B.C. (Ok, let’s just call it what it is – the bush). 

 The very realistic childhood fear of being eaten by a bear while playing outdoors fostered an early love of books and reading – all of which could be done safely indoors. This in turn, inspired her life-long passion for writing. Some might say it was inevitable that she would end up as the very first winner of CKNW’s  Talk Show Idol contest, because every report card she received in school said :

“ Laila is an excellent and curious student, although she loves to chat….”

Laila’s  2007  Talk Show Idol win catapulted her into action and she began freelancing full-time,shortly thereafter - fulfilling a life long dream in doing so. Her comfortable yet tenacious style of interviewing was demonstrated with a broad spectrum of guests during Talk Idol, and her segments covered a wide variety of  both sensitive and contentious issues. However, Laila never once shied away from the callers, handling them with the ease of a seasoned professional. Some of her guests included Minister Gordon Hogg, Minister Ida Chong, Gurjeet Ghuman in her first and only radio interview, broadcaster/producer Dave Gerry, and the wonderfully witty,NY times Best-selling author, James Finn Garner.

 An extroverted personality,strong determination and some killer instinct has lead Laila’s success through several careers: Landscape designer, corporate/financial investigation, and non-profit housing director. Her own past experience with domestic abuse in a long-term relationship created a strong desire to change the current domestic assault policies to better serve victims, and she often writes opinion editorials regarding this issue to increase public awareness.

Here and now

 The development of the blog was in direct reponse to feedback from hundreds of listeners who contacted her following her CKNW segments during Talk Show Idol. It was clear the audience had responded to her contagious enthusiasm, and wanted more of her hard-hitting commentaries, scathing political editorials, and heartfelt views on life changing moments. Since the prize  in  the 2007 competition had only been a single three hour show,blogging became the medium that allowed instant interaction with her fans.

 Future plans now include incorporating vlogs( video blogs) and podcasting into the mix, in response to ongoing reader feedback, leading her into yet another new and exciting direction.

 Words to live by: “Only those who risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go”-T.S. Eliot

 “Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else’s dream?”Orson Welles

“ Push through the pain, and the pain turns into power”- unknown

Laila Yuile and CKNW personality Tom Jeffries