For much of my life I've suffered with anxiety, depression, fear, a lack of self esteem and some serious body shame issues. I felt I didn't have a voice, that I couldn't ask for what I needed, that nobody could understand me. I've gone through a number of rounds of counselling, hypnotherapy, CBT and medication, which all helped me to be more aware of where my pain came from, and to cope with day to day life, but nothing resolved it. The feelings were still the same. 

I was taken through a version of this programme in 2020/1. It resonated with me immediately. It was the right time and the right format for me to work on healing myself. I started to understand myself more. I started to feel healed and resolved. I felt like I was finally able to be honest and truthful with myself and those around me. I felt like I could begin to live my mission.

In 2020, my brother told me about the Omega Point Programme and how that had helped him deal with some life long problems he'd struggled with, and after a small amount of persuasion, he agreed to take me through it. The programme resonated with me immediately. It was the right time and the right format for me to work on healing myself. My depression went away. I started to understand myself more. I began to give OPP to others. I still struggled with anxiety.

In the autumn of 2023 I was given the opportunity to attend a weekend retreat in New York that was being staffed by the team behind the Omega Point Academy. I was also in the incredibly privileged position of staying in the house with all the facilitators from the weekend. The fear I felt before going was all-encompassing. I remember sitting in the bathroom at work, going through the NHS 111 process to see if I should be going to hospital for a heart attack because my heart rate was elevated and I was terrified. I spent weeks before the flight in raw terror. Palpitations don't come close to what I felt I was experiencing. But I got on the plane anyway, was authentic throughout the weekend, shared everything that came up for me, and got to sit in circle with some amazing men being facilitated by an amazing woman. During my experience, Fear was removed from me. It was a difficult process, it took about an hour, but I left that weekend with no more of that abject terror I was so used to feeling. I felt healed and resolved. I felt like I was finally able to be honest and truthful with myself and those around me. I felt like I could begin to live my mission.

Since then, I have co-created a 3 women's circles, left my paid work with love and respect, worked hard to heal my relationship with my mother, started to find ways to bring community back into my life, tried things I've always wanted to but been too scared to, asked for what I need and am here, now, sharing this with people I don't know without fear of their reactions. I feel strong, powerful and capable. Full disclosure: I am far from fully healed and resolved, but I am able to put these things in the place they deserve to be, and work on them in a safe, secure and honest way. 

And the strongest thing that has happened to me is the need I have to share this work with the world, to bring it to people, to help them to find their own answers, resolve their own pasts, and find their own peace. As a facilitator, my role is simply to help people find their answers - I believe we all have the answers inside ourselves and only we know the best way forward for us, but sometimes we need a bit of help to hear those voices and that is my role, my mission. 

For the last four years, I have been doing this work in my free time. Now I want to make it my job, my income, my life's work.

Astrid, Light shivering through the darkness, and I am the one who co-creates a peaceful and comfortable planet, by seeing my worth and helping others to see theirs through honesty, curiosity and acceptance. 💕✨

"I've been working on myself for over 30 years and have experienced many different kinds of therapies and healing modalities. I was not expecting [this] to be so powerful... I learned that all my parts have great affection and love for me... As a result of the work I've done with [Astrid] I now see clearly how I have been selling myself short and rejecting myself in a desperate need to belong. I now have a much richer and deeper understanding about myself and my gifts and a deep affection for myself and my path" J, 2024

"[As a result of this programme,] I learned that I am never alone; that I am always supported. I learned that I have the power to see something through to the end even when it is challenging. I learned that I am NOT defective and do have access to my inner divinity. I learned that I have everything I need within me (which I kind of already knew but it was nice to be reminded and to practice accessing those resources)." K, 2021