Much of what today is called “personal development” or “transformation” is, in fact, born from a deep desire to heal. A person feels something missing — a wound, a lack, an inner pain — and starts searching for wholeness. This search often takes the form of self-improvement, spirituality, or authenticity. But at its root, it is a cry for healing. The tragedy is that, even when people speak of doing it “in Christ,” the image of Christ they follow is often shaped by modern or Western ideas — moralistic, psychological, or sentimental. In that sense, they may still live in delusion, trying to heal themselves with a Christ of their own making. In the Orthodox understanding, true transformation is not self-development but the healing of the soul — the purification from passions, the reconciliation of conscience, and the return of the mind to the heart through repentance and life in the Church. It is not about becoming greater, but about becoming whole again — in the truth of God.