The phrase "personal odyssey" means a unique and individual journey or adventure experienced by a person, usually involving personal growth, self-discovery, and overcoming challenges. Full definition
Jessica Chastain joins Al Pacino on a deeply personal odyssey as he explores his connection to and the majesty of Oscar Wilde's epic 100 year old play. (screen-space.squarespace.com)
By contrast, artists, scientists, philosophers, writers, poets, composers, musicians, and dancers, among other creative individuals, are often driven to undergo personal odysseys of self - transformation, without the arrogance of presuming to change the lives of fellow human beings. (brooklynrail.org)
The high profile films were Sarah Polley's genre - busting personal odyssey Stories We Tell (which premiered at the Venice Film Festival more than six months earlier, and thus came with well developed — and deserved — hype), Only God Forgives (booed at Cannes, generally hated by the critics), and to a lesser extent, the Berlinale Golden Bear winner Pozitia copilului (Child's Pose), by Romanian director Călin Peter Netzer. (sensesofcinema.com)