I say that every time I facilitate a full-day Stumbling Blocks Team Building Seminar. Usually, it comes up during Four Squares. Teams are under pressure. They want to solve the challenge. They start moving faster, talking over one another, trying different things, and sometimes creating more chaos than they started with. Then I remind them: Slow down to go faster. When the pressure goes up, our instinct is often to speed up. But sometimes the fastest way forward is to stop lo

Hi, I’m Barbara May. My journey has taken me from being a national-level gymnast and award-winning coach to a stand-up comedian,...

I was teaching a public speaking workshop for a company that sells playground equipment. Part of their job was presenting to school councils—groups of parents trying to decide what kind of playground they wanted and who they should buy it from. Barbara May Speaking at a Conference One of the young men got up to practice his presentation and started struggling almost immediately. “Um … ah … um …” His brother was sitting in the room. “You just need to tell him to stop saying um

I had a great conversation with my friend Dune Nguyen on his Facebook Live show called Conversations with Dune & Friends. We covered a...

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Stumbling Blocks with Host Barbara May Bill Borgwardt combines his love of photography and passion for country music to capture today's...

Stumbling Blocks with Host Barbara May. Wayne Lee is an award-winning entertainer, international keynote speaker and peak-performance...

Sometimes we encounter a stumbling block we can’t just fix ourselves. But we can name it, explain it, and help other people understand what needs to change. In 2011, I almost died from massive pulmonary embolisms and spent eight days in the Royal Alexandra Hospital. The doctors saved my life, and I will always be grateful for that. My experience as a patient, however, was very difficult. I was moved nine times in eight days, often didn’t know who was looking after me, and at

As the founder and owner of Stumbling Blocks Team Building Seminars, former Toastmaster Barbara May has a lot of experience and...

It was -20 outside when I met Judy Carter at the 2016 CAPS convention in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I was a huge fan. Her first two...

Saying Goodbye to Racquetball Hey Everyone, You’ve probably heard by now that I’m leaving racquetball. After 8 1/2 years as Executive...

I’ll never forget my first tournament as executive director of the Alberta Racquetball Association. Barbara May sharing story about when she was the Executive Director of the Alberta Racquetball Association Players were arguing. Voices were getting louder. The tension in the club was rising. Then a referee came storming up to the tournament desk. “I’m not reffing those guys,” he said. “They won’t listen to me.” He was angry, embarrassed and completely in over his head. My fir

It's been a few years since I've fallen off a balance beam. But the lessons I've learned have been invaluable. Here are a few of my...

Moving on and learning from your mistakes was the main message heard at the women in business luncheon this afternoon. The event was put...

Speaker Barbara May provides some interesting insight in overcoming workplace obstacles during her presentation at the Elks Lodge on...

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Life begins when the alarm clock says so. It's another day of monotony, another day of chores, another day of work, work, work and don't...

A St. Albert woman is preparing to joke her way into the World Guinness Book of Records. Barbara May has spent a lifetime knowing how to...

Business folk trust May to make them make sense She's got more - a lot more - than just the gift of gab. ​ Barbara May, of Barbara May...