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How to Handle Client Cancellations with Empathy and Integrity

How to Handle Client Cancellations with Empathy and Integrity

Update: 2025-06-19
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When a client wants to pause or cancel—and it feels like they’ve already made up their mind—how do you respond without spiraling, enabling, or breaking your own standards?


In this episode, I’m walking you through how I handle these conversations behind the scenes—with compassion and backbone. Because leadership isn’t about being rigid or reactive. It’s about holding the duality of empathy and integrity, especially when things get hard.


Inside the episode:

🧠 The #1 mindset shift I make before responding to any cancellation request

🤝 How to reflect care without abandoning your policies or people-pleasing

🎯 Exactly what to say (and how to say it) when someone wants to pause

🔄 Why client communication is never about convincing—but always about clarity

💡 How to turn this moment into a breakthrough for both of you


If you’ve ever felt stuck between being kind and being clear, this episode gives you the language—and the leadership energy—to do both.



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How to Handle Client Cancellations with Empathy and Integrity

How to Handle Client Cancellations with Empathy and Integrity

Em Haas