Author: Lianne de Laffressange
Publishing date: October 9, 2025
Charlotte Robin was referred to me by another powerful lady, Monia (thank you, Monia). That’s how I first came into contact with this fascinating, grounded, and deeply passionate woman. From the very first conversation, I felt her clarity — one thing Charlotte came here to do is to help children, and the adults around them, connect with their emotions and feel truly seen, safe, and supported.
Over the years, her journey has gently unfolded, leading her to create her own practice where education, emotional guidance, and deep care beautifully intertwine.
Still, there was something that wanted to be seen and voiced: the story behind her mission — the why that gives her work its heartbeat.
In this journaling session, Charlotte explores the deeper layers of her calling: the limiting beliefs she had to face before stepping fully into her role, the personal experiences that shaped her path, and the quiet, powerful ways her own inner child shows up to guide her work.
Lianne
Before starting this work, what limiting belief held you back from stepping into your role with children, and what did you say to yourself to move forward anyway?
Charlotte
I thought that to help and support children with their emotions and master social and emotional skills further, I had to fully step outside of the educational system and quit teaching. I also thought my impact on the students was too light and not meaningful enough.
I actually found different ways to integrate the teaching of those skills in my daily practice. Later on, I stepped out of the classroom as a homeroom teacher and became the support teacher and school librarian while getting trained as a Bach Foundation Registered Practitioner. I also took trainings about mindfulness and narrative writing to be even more equipped to help the kids in and outside of the school. It gives me the opportunity to help children within the school but also in a private practice so they can have one-on-one care and fully individualized attention.
I also have emails and notes from former students telling me how much my practice gave them confidence and how they feel better about themselves and their progress at school. This reminds me why I chose to do this.
Lianne
What experience in your own life was tied to the moment you realized this was your calling?
Charlotte
As a kid, the classroom was my safe space: I was able to perform and express myself while still being appreciated by the adults. I loved school, and there, I found adults who helped me go through tough times. I’m forever grateful for my 1st-grade teacher.
At 15, I went on a summer camp with friends. I enjoyed it a lot, and I saw the youth worker having a great time, so I figured, “Why not me? It looks fun, I want to work with kids too.” So the year after, I started working at a children’s activity center and loved it. I took the training to become certified and kept working there during my school breaks for seven years.
And with all of this, I decided I wanted to become a teacher and help children navigate life, like the people who helped me. It’s my way of paying it forward.
I became a Bach Foundation Registered Practitioner because, growing up,
I wasn’t taught how to deal with my emotions. I was taught to suppress them, and when teenage years hit, I was struggling with tsunamis of emotions and intense reactions.
I know how difficult it gets and how powerless and even hopeless it can feel, so I want to give children the tools to handle their emotions without being completely overwhelmed by them.
Lianne
Your card is Purity: it reminds us that everyone is born with a serene core, but pain and walls can cloud it.
What do the words purity and serene core mean to you in the context of your work with children?
Charlotte
I think we often think of kids as pure and serene beings in the sense that they’re young and innocent. I would love for that to be true, but from what I’ve seen, too many kids have already had painful experiences and lost that sense of purity. They’re not blind to the awfulness of the world from a young age. They are subject to stress and anxiety instead of just being fully their age and enjoying life as they should.
A lot of pressure is put on their shoulders: they have to succeed, they have to be nice and polite, they have to behave a certain way, etc. They’re so young and already have to follow so many rules.
As adults, are we able to do the same? Are we actually able to sit still for about six hours throughout the day? Do we have to ask to use the restroom, to go have a sip of water or a snack, or just a quick break because our brain is getting fried?
I think the education system asks kids and educators to fit in instead of being as flexible as possible to meet their primary needs and have people emotionally safe and fulfilled. And I think that’s where the purity and serene core pack their bags and leave.
That’s why I chose to help the children outside of the school too — so they can have a moment to themselves only, where the solutions offered are tailor-made for them and where they can have a safe space to express themselves. Then, they leave with an easy way of dealing with their emotions and practical tools that they can use daily.
I see so many children with anxiety and panic attacks—it breaks my heart.
Lianne
How do you help them reconnect with that inner purity when life starts to cover it with fear, doubt, or walls?
Charlotte
I use all the tools I have: mindfulness, narrative writing, one-on-one conversations, affirmations, the Bach flower remedies, and breathwork — depending on what’s bothering them and what they need help with during a private session.
I question, and I listen. It takes time that I don’t necessarily have when I’m teaching, but in those moments, I think the curriculum can wait when a student is in distress and needs support.
At school, I also adapt my practice and use these tools: for example, if a student needs a break from an exercise because it’s giving them anxiety, I’ll postpone it for them or just let it go and try again the next day. Also, the whole class will do breathwork because it benefits all of them anyway.
Baby steps, one day at a time — and I always see progress, sometimes tremendous, like you wouldn’t believe they had full-blown panic attacks! Seeing them overcome their difficulties with such courage and determination makes me so proud of them.
I always do my best to give them a pleasant experience, especially when life gets harder than it should for a kid. I had this student telling me, “Thank you so much for today, I almost forgot that my family and I might be deported soon.” That’s the type of situation we can deal with, and even if I felt like I didn’t do more than offering them a fun last day of school, it meant the world to that student.
And when I hear that life gets easier while they’re using the Bach remedies, I’m so happy for them, because they deserve a life of ease and joy.
Lianne
When you guide children through their emotions, how does your own inner child show up in the process? Do you ever feel like you’re giving them something you yourself longed for as a child?
Charlotte
My inner child feels for them a whole lot and hugs them from afar. It helps me to stay patient and to see the world or issue through their child’s eyes.
I feel like I’m giving them what I received in school as a young kid but also what I needed the most at some moments: time, patience, acknowledgement, and understanding. Brushing things off because “they’re just kids” is not the way — they have a voice; they need to know that it matters and that they are listened to and cared for.
A child is never acting out or crying for fun — there’s something hidden deeper; it’s a cry for help, and as adults, I think we need to be fully present and available for them at some point. Helping adults around the children is also a way of helping the kids indirectly.
I’m giving them a safe space to talk, to be heard, to be believed, and to be supported. That’s exactly what I would have loved to have as a child.
Lianne
Bonus question: If your purest, most serene self could speak directly to the children you work with, what would she say?
Charlotte
Your anxiety and worries are lying to you: you’ll be fine even if you don’t have straight A’s.
Stay a child as long as you can; that’s where your true nature and self lie — you don’t need to grow up and mature too early.
Your emotions might get scary sometimes, but they’re actually your best friends. If you listen carefully, they have many things to tell you that will guide you.
If life is tough on you, I know it’s unfair, but this shall pass too, and you’ll make it. You’re not alone — find your people, the ones you can confide in and trust fully.
Stay true to yourself — don’t try to please everyone. Boxes are for shoes, don’t try to fit in.
Like who you are and bring people who like you into your life — the others are not meant to be in your close circle.
Make sure you take care of yourself before taking care of others — you are the most important person in your life.
You are beautiful, you are smart, you are loved, and if you need me, I’m here for you — always.
Reading Charlotte’s words, I was reminded of how powerful and important an emotionally stable and grounded role model like her can be. It’s not about grand gestures, it’s about the simple act of being there, seeing and hearing the child and offering a safe haven. That is what slowly changes these young lives.
If you would like to get to know Charlotte better, visit her website: www.emotions-in-bloem.com