Featured Stories
Curated Collection #72
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
In this collection, we have chosen interesting, engaging, and informative stories to give you a quick taste of our diverse and inclusive publication, ILLUMINATION on Medium.
Since more than 15,000 writers contribute to our publications, we don’t run out of high-quality stories. Chosen stories by the editor of Technology Hits is at the end of this post. Our editors enjoy amplifying excellent content of our writers using various tools and approaches.
Let’s welcome new writers joining us today: Jessica Hubbert, phi, Kim Ventrella, Danielle DiPre, Jessica Russell, Rachel Grace, FranMorelandJohns, Michael Holford, Lauro Medina Jr., Daniel Gil.
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You may also check great stories in our featured collection from the last three days. We keep our featured collections in a single post titled Meta Collection of Featured Stories.
The Last Three Collections by ILLUMINATION
Here are the last three collections full of interesting, engaging, and informative stories covering numerous topics.
We believe you find valuable and enjoyable pieces on the new collection and previous collections.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
Three Health Foods Ruined Juliana’s Health When Used Excessively Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Three Tips to Activate Brown Fat Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Happy 100th B-Day Jack Kerouac Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.
Why Memoirists Are Their Own Worst Enemies Geri Spieler
Lower Your Cancer Risk by Eating Less of One Key Food Ange Dim
Three Threats to Humanity Marlane Ainsworth
How I Learned Spanish In Less Than A Week Matt Lillywhite
Can We All Stop Writing Fear Porn (Please)? Ash Jurberg
Want Your Life To Seem Much Longer? Just Run A Marathon Maria Rattray
A Dictator Laid Bare LM
Building Your Personal Encyclopedia Alex Philippe
Toxic Tips from A Hispanic Mother Andrea Duran
One of Those Days Aasha Krishnan
Benign Romantic Statements That Cost A Lot April Moons
This Podcast With Margaret Atwood Is Guaranteed to Make Your Day Aql, aka "The Dozen"
This is How a Town Ganged Up Against a Serial Bully Aravind Balakrishnan
Cooking taught me important lessons Ashfaq Framewala
Answer these 15 questions if you want to find out if your relationship has a future or not Bogdan Munteanu
True Sagas of Single Life #3 Brooklyn Muse
The All New Mac Studio Is a Mac Pro Mini Burk
Too Many Choices Make Us Miserable and More Dissatisfied With Life Çağdaş Uçar
A Message to All You Attention Seekers Who are ‘So Offended’ Calum James
Is Dog Depression Really a Thing? Carla Paton
Generate Millionaire Business From Scratch Carlos Pascual
Shifts in Consciousness and our Response in Times of War, Injustice, and Suffering Carmellita
Careful What You Say Chelsea Mandler MAT
Why You’re So Depressed Cinis Viatorem
3 Ways to Write Attention-Grabbing Headlines Using AI Crystal Garrett
6 Remarkable Reasons Why You Should Consider Online Jobs Crystal Mathews
Can You Be Scammed By A Celebrity Imposter? Cynthia C Farley
The 1910s Speech You Need To Read To Become Fearless Daniel Mesa
Couples and Lovers are Just Like Headlights of a Car Daniele Quero, PhD
This Little Writer Went to Market Don Martin
Speed — The Essence of War Edward Thomas
How to get to +800 Followers with no Effort Ella Heart
You Might Want To Try Some Japanese Teppanyaki Cooking Floyd Mori
Raising Children Gerad Carrier
11 Harsh Realities You Need to Start Embracing in Your Life Gereon Wellmann
I Feel Large and Lumpy and I Deserve Love, Too GFC: Grown Folk Conversations
Office Politics Greg Sweeney
I’m pleading with you, Mr. President Harry Hogg
How the Music of Ayreon Has Changed My Life Ira Robinson
5 Ways To Lay Off an Employee and Still Remain Friendly Israrkhan
We Are All On A Financial Journey J.R. Heimbigner
If This Is You, And You’re Still On Tinder, I Feel Sorry For You James Ssekamatte
Take My Free Stock Graphics Jared Bouchard
Stealth Articles are Income Producing Jeff Herring
Punctuation You May Be Getting Wrong JF Danskin
Women Entrepreneurship Must Keep Thriving JM Piqué
Men, Find a Woman Who Will Accept You For Who You Are! Justin Stinnett
Children say surprising things and put you on the spot. Kalyni
The Next Reformation of the Christian Church — Is Already Here Keith Michael
Another Love! KIM
Can we take a pause on e-learning? Kristen H Short
Check Your Emails For An Additional Bonus For Listen Time Kristina God
Thinking of Joining a Book Club? Kristine Laco
How to make money online 2022 Lassepetter
5 Reasons You Should NOT Move To Thailand Mike Lewis
Healing Tips For Parents, When Dealing With Narcissists in Court and During Separation Mila
My Medium Account Was Under Investigation Mustafa Pekcandanoğlu
Her N. A. Kazi
Black Men in Hollywood and on the Streets of America Napoleon
Balance Nathan White
Which One You Should Focus On Quality or Quantity? Nizar Alrhaazi
He Never Speaks Øivind H. Solheim
Finding Strength in These Dark Times: From Survival to Resilience to Healing and Transformation Olivia Love
Ugly Truth: Women Need To Be More Discriminatory Than Men Ossiana Tepfenhart
I Just Can’t Watch It Anymore Patti Murray Voncannon
The Fakers Are Out In Force Penny Grubb
Boundaries and Gaslighting — The Narcissist’s Double Whammy Phil Rossi
Where Did All the Writers Go? Roxanne Bridgers
How Pedro Abrunhosa Praises the Resilience of the Ukrainian People Rui Alves 🇺🇦
The Complete Guide To Coffee and Health Sebastian Hallqvist
Hand-Picked Articles #40 Technology Hits
The Five Things to Remember When Looking for the “Right” Work Terence Kong
What is the Zeigarnik Effect? The Sinfeld Times
9 Tips From Psychologists and Neuroscientists to Increase Your Sales The Sinfeld Times
MASS v WEIGHT? The Universe and Life
Saving The World From The Inside Out Un-Traditional Mother
When Depression Gets The Best Of You Un-Traditional Mother
Thank you for reading these stories published today. We will present more stories tomorrow. You might also check previously featured stories from our collections.
Hand-Picked Collections by Technology Hits
Editor of Technology Hits publication shares collections of reading from ILLUMINATION’s curated lists daily in addition to Synergy and Illumination Book chapters. We appreciate efforts and contributions of our editors. They believe that amplifying outstanding stories is valuable for both writers and readers.
Here are the links to the last five hand-picked collections. You might subscribe to Technology Hits to be notified on these hand-picked collections posted regularly.
You can find the previous versions at this link.
You might check our new publication called “ILLUMINATION on YouTube”. Its purpose is to give voice to YouTubers on Medium and allow Medium writers to introduce their YouTube channel. Social media content writers and YouTubers are welcome to join this exciting publication. This pub is owned by Illumination YouTube Coordinator. Details are in this story.
Selected Stories from Previously Featured Stories
Invitation to Write for ILLUMINATION on YouTube Publication Illumination YouTube Coordinator
Magnesium Is Not Just Another Mineral Dr Mehmet Yildiz #health
Reading the Bible in a Year Has Not Been Conducive to Spiritual Growth Cathy Chapman, PhD
How Reading Scientific Research Can Improve Your Writing: A Beginner’s Guide. Ben Rutt, PhD
Seeing The Bourgeois Revaluation in Literature Ellen Clardy, PhD #economy
Bolstered Dr. Fatima Imam
Does Optimism Stink as Bad as Pessimism? Amy Sea
Three Tips to Prevent & Treat Obesity Dr Mehmet Yildiz #health
My Most Cherished Moment Working on “The West Wing” TV Show David Gerken #life-lessons
Squeeze the Juice Out of the Present Stop Daydreaming About the Future Ayodeji Awosika #self-improvement
The True Story Of The Confederacy Moving To Brazil Matt Lillywhite
Three Tips to Improve Cardiovascular Health Dr Mehmet Yildiz
A Coat of Time Arthur G. Hernandez
Real Estate Agents Can Be the Worst Humans in the World Tim Denning
Why You Should Enjoy Social Media But Not Get Addicted To it Dr. Preeti Singh
Three Tips to Emotional Regulation Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Meet Lanu Pitan
Establishing Utopian America Qadir Abdus-Sabur, Ph.D.
Beware the Foot-Licking and Tooth-Pulling Demons from Persia Brian Loo Soon Hua
How I Earned $360 and 6,800 Views From A Single Story Viktor Marchev
Read This When You Want To Make Money Via Investing Richelle Délia, PhD
How I Healed Abdominal Bloating and Distension Dr Mehmet Yildiz
On Trauma & Addiction: Lessons from a Defensive Iceberg and His Oversized Hat Dr. Cort Dorn-Medeiros
Shocking Stats About Non-Communicable Diseases Dr Mehmet Yildiz
WHY are you asking me this? Dr Andrea Polzer
Times Change From Good Old Stiff Neck Ties To modern Gorpcore Dr. Preeti Singh
Meet Julius Evans by ILLUMINATION
Meet Sufyan Maan by ILLUMINATION
Trending Stories on Publication
Three Tips to Eliminate Insulin Resistance and Shrink Waistline Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Five Tips to Melt Visceral Fat and Have a Defined Belly Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Six Lifestyle Habits to Skyrocket Fat Loss Dr Mehmet Yildiz #health
Fasting Can Change Brain Chemistry Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Five Tips to Slow Down, Lose Fat, and Enjoy Life Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Reasons Why My (European) Husband and I Will Eventually Leave America Anastasia Frugaard
Thank you for reading these engaging stories.
Meet Our Editors
Many thanks to our editors who reviewed and published these stories on their own time. Our editors are volunteers who help writers succeed on Medium. They are also contributing writers. You can check their profiles from the following links and connect with them.
We will add more editor profiles soon. You may also bookmark this collection managed by by ILLUMINATION-Curator so that you don’t miss when we add new profiles. Collection of Editor Bios: Meet Editors of Illumination Integrated Publications. Thank you for reading profiles of our editors.
Helpful References for New Writers
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories on Medium
Short-Form Stories Not For Income But For Visibility. Think Of Them As A Tripwire
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION
ILLUMINATION on YouTube — New Publication
Illumination YouTube Coordinator created a new specialist publication for YouTube enthusiasts. All writers are invited to submit their YouTube related posts.
Recent Videos from Illumination YouTube Channel
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