Hi @effebiconsulting
You can make use of the acf/settings filter to reset the current language so as to return language independent theme options. The code would look like so:
// add this
add_filter('acf/settings/current_language',function() {
global $sitepress;
return $sitepress->get_default_language();
});
// this is already in your code
$my_field = get_field('my_field', 'option');
// reset to original language
add_filter('acf/settings/current_language',function() {
return ICL_LANGUAGE_CODE;
});