Featured Stories
Curated Collection #113
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
Many thanks for your feedback on collection #112 posted yesterday. Today, we selected and compiled interesting pieces out of hundreds of stories published on Illumination.
These engaging and informative pieces in the collection cover various topics for your enjoyment.
The purpose of this post is to give you a quick taste of content published in our diverse and inclusive publication, ILLUMINATION on Medium.
It is a pleasure for us to publish our 100+ collections this year contributed by 15,500+ inspiring storytellers.
Today, Technology Hits posted Hand-Picked Articles collection #82.
In addition, ILLUMINATION-Curator posted an outstanding collection of book chapters from our published authors contributing to Illumination Book Chapters.
If you are a published author we will be delighted to publish your books in Illumination Book Chapters and promote them on our platforms.
If you plan to turn your article and blog posts into a book, you may check this guide from our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz. He encourages our writers to become published authors and earn income by diversifying their content effectively.
Technology Hits also created a collection from Illumination Book Chapters in addition to several collections including chosen stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated. We are pleased that these outstanding stories are featured in our collections.
You may find previous collections of Illumination from the following links.
You might check out the previous collections by Technology Hits at this link. We keep our featured collections in a single post titled Meta Collection of Featured Stories. Our editors enjoy amplifying the informative, engaging, and interesting content of our writers using various approaches and tools.
ILLUMINATION-Curator posted two outstanding collections from our publication Illumination-Curated for experienced writers. We are grateful for the support of our volunteer editors investing their precious time to make our writers and readers happy.
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Introducing your background in a story like the ones in this collection can be helpful to gain more visibility. Readers enjoy reading writer bios to learn more about their background. You may also check great stories in our featured collection from the last three days.
Recent Collections by ILLUMINATION
Here are the last three collections full of interesting, engaging, and informative stories covering numerous topics.
We believe you might find valuable and enjoyable pieces on the new collection and previous collections.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
Three Tips to Optimize Cortisol to Melt Belly Fat and Keep Lean Muscles Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Bruno’s Diet Led Him to Loss of Visceral Fat and Gain of Lean Muscles Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Thich Nhat Hanh’s Quote About Happiness: It’s About Peace, Not Excitement David Gerken
When You Lose One Parent A Nkeonye Judith Izuka-Aguocha
How Does a Narcissist React When They Realize You’re Now Joyfully Indifferent? Melissa Kalt, MD
Accounting Was Sooo Bourgeois Ellen Clardy, PhD
Three Tips to Boost Nitric Oxide and Lower Heart Disease/Stroke Risks Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How People Who Do Not Fear Death Inspire us Mukundarajan V N
10 Ways to Achieve Health and Wellness in 2022 Naheed Ali, MD, PhD
Empowerment Is What Your Spiritual Ascension Is All About Alan Lew
How to Be Hugh Hefner Amy Sea
One Common, Toxic Sweetener You Should Think About Cutting Out of Your Life Ange Dim
The Focus Rudder: Fine-Tuning Your Focus at Work With the Yerkes-Dodson Law Alex Philippe
I Don’t Date at Work Aasha Anna
Pakistan — A Tourist Destination In 2022 and Beyond. Ajmal Khan
5 Lesser-Known Signs You Might Have ADHD As A Woman Alice González
Reasons Why You Should Always Check People’s Profiles Alicia Domínguez
The Problem with Nostalgia: Things Were Never Better Aliou Sidibé
Be the Light. Adeola Adeko
You Need to Include These in Your Financial Plan Allan Johnson
Using the Twos App for My Daily Note Amanda Mae
Say Goodbye to These Six Fears to Live Your Dream Life Amit Kumar
Six Things More Valuable Than Money Ainur Roviq
How You are Destroying Medium — From a Frustrated Medium Lover Animn Bharadwaj
Ukraine: is Germany taking time? Annalisa Vibio
A Tribute To The Five Authors Who Influenced Me On My Medium Journey AP Carpen
How Mira Sorvino, Thora Birch, Lindsay Lohan, and Britney Spears Figured Into My Son’s Life and… Arthur Keith
In Defense of Internet Celebrities Asher "Zach" Neuman
A strategy that a TV series showed to reduce fatigue Ashfaq Framewala
The housing heist, the desire for generational wealth, and the great rip off Augustine Habenga
Four Things I wished I knew In My Early 20s Ayoade Emmanuel
My Personal Manifesto-Rules to Live By Aziz Booker
A Toxic Relationship Can Happen To Anyone — Even To Men Benny Lim
Yes! I Want to Spread My Legs Like Wings Blessing Oluchukwu Awamba
Create A Personal Healing Space, and Use It Everyday to Experience Personal Self Healing Bobbi Lynn Gibson-Educator, BCCP, RM
Why We Have Self Doubt Brian Lamacraft
Spokane Thru Seattle, a Pensioner’s Snowy Misadventures Brian Leekley
What Are Unrealized Capital Gains And Losses? — Bright Bright Money
I Saw Her Black Eye and Assumed I Knew Her Story Brooke Krzyston
Some days… Brooklyn Muse
Visiting The Most Beautiful Place You’ll Ever See Bryan Dijkhuizen
How to Reprogram your mind to become unstoppable Bryce Barrows
8 Experiences In Philadelphia That Don’t Scream, “Tourist!” Camille Prairie
Why I Don’t Say Namaste In A Yoga Class Camille Prairie
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff Tips Carl Poland
Tax-man Cometh for Meger Royalties Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.
My Psyche Is Cracked Chasing Dreams
As a New Writer — Should You Publish on Medium Daily? Christian Soschner
What is it With Employers Who Want to Hire People? Christina Szeman
Beginning is the Hardest Part of the Journey Daan Uijterwaal
Porn Addiction: A Gateway to Shame, Broken Marriages, and Instant Gratification. Damian Clark
AWKWARD! Denise Hedley
Listening to Understand Diane Gillespie
As a Tribute — On this Earth Day Divyata Dewan
Medium Writer Introspection Time Don Martin
Ramadan: fasting for the body and feasting for the soul Dr. Farinaz
Giving everything you got at work and not getting noticed? Eduardo Espinheira
Can Ho’Oponopono Make You Happy? Elaine Hilides
Someone Else’s Job Elizabeth Emerald
Johnny Depp Knows Who I Am Elizabeth Sobieski
How the Dutch First Got Bougie Ellen Clardy, PhD
Books That Shape Your Life Ellis Orozco
The Richest Man in Asia Survived a Kidnapping for Ransom and a Terrorist Attack Entreprogrammer
Do Alcohol and 5D marry? Filip Cabra Makowski
Creators of the Battle Bunnies NFT Announce Next Release Following Sellout of Genesis Collection Food Fight Studios
What is World Earth Day 2022? Francesco Carrubba
Penitence To Pleasure Francesco Rizzuto
A Theory of the Effects of Rain on People From the Mountain ~ Stories & Photos of JD Adams
Only Rege Jean Page Can Save Netflix! Gal Mux
Fiction: Where are the Blackbirds? Gerad Carrier
Marcus Aurelius’ Five Secrets To Better Your Life Immediately Gereon Wellmann ⚡
Do You Need a Preface, Foreword, or Prologue for Your Book? Geri Spieler
What Is Success To You? Have You Defined Its Meaning? Gregory Reece-Smith
8 Harmful Foods People Love to Eat Growth Lodge
200k+ Views On Medium! Hammad Hassan
Shapeshifting Lechuza Strikes to Kill Hannah Altagracia
Ukraine with Love Harry Hogg
What if We Found Oil on Mars? Henner Townlove
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Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01 ILLUMINATION-Curator
Why Stock Market is Bullish Despite Economic And Political Uncertainties Ilona D.
How to Program Yourself For Success! Ingerul Pierdut
An Unexpected Compliment Taught Me Confidence is Like Beauty Isabella Martin
Using Stoicism as a Blueprint for Better Leadership With Michael McGill Jamie Ryder
10 Things You Should Never Say to a Black Woman Janice Eastman
Walt Disney Corporation’s Stock Crashes 31% As Investors Clamor For The Head Of CEO Bob Chapek Jason Morton
We Hate Team Conflict, So Why Do We Allow It to Squash Team Results? Jeannette Seibly
From Articles to Info-Products Jeff Herring
The Fallacy of “Do What You Love and You Won’t Work a Day in your life” Jennifer M. Wilson
Can a Hospital Pull the Plug Without Consent? Jennifer Pierce
Unretirement — How Can You Find Meaning In The Next Phase? Jennifer Thompson
How to Push Past Your Limitation And Awaken Your Greatness Jessey Anthony
Energy transition is speeding up, like it or not: let’s talk about greenflation JM Piqué
Zombies …. the only men that will love you for your brains! Jo Lucas
Tinnitus and the Earth’s Shift Jodie Helm
The Suitcase (Stories from Ukraine) John Ross
Does Anyone in the GOP Ever Mean What They Say? John Worthington
3 Mental Demons Everyone Should Battle For A Fearless Outlook on Life Joseph Seifert
My Pineapple-y Thing Judy Owens
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Lucy Mitchell, 89, of Fairdale, Kentucky, died on February 15, 2022.
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Don’t F*** With Mike Tyson! Justin Stinnett
14 Successful Ways to Start Working on Self-Improvement Karen Parquet
The Best Sports Tournament You Aren’t Watching: The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Katemiya
The Newest and (Maybe) the Most Fun Word Game Yet Katie Churchward
Twilight Times Kieran
Tips From the Great Depression to Prepare for a Modern Recession Kiersten Campbell
CNN+ Goes Down Faster Than The Titanic Kurt Dillon
Does Anyone Know What it Means to be Normal? Kylie van Gelder
A Trip to the Motor City Psychic L K Smithe
Why We Should Stop Living in the Future L.A. Strucke
Redefining Love After Divorce Libby Shively McAvoy
From $1.83 earnings on Medium to $833 a month Livia Dabs RN,MSc
Who Was Joseph Stalin? Liviu Roman
This Billionaire Is Known for Two Things Killing Rodents and Throwing Great Parties Luay Rahil
Mankind And Nature Lwazi
Use These Top Popular 25 Tags If You Want Your Stories To Go Viral M Mahfujur Rahman
Story of My Body Macey Malone
Could You Live in a World Where Money Didn’t Exist? Mary Beth Hazeldine
We had a Spankin’ Good Time May More
Reflections on a World at the Crossroads Michael Holford
Top Stress-Busting Advice From Medium Writers Mike Lewis
I feel like an imposter after one of my articles went viral Minhaz
Are Your Employees Bored or is Your Playground Boring? Miss Handie
Retro Canadian TV Kicks Ass, Eh! Misty Rae
Do you ever wonder why you have the fantasies you have? Moana Liza
18 Productive Things To Do When Bored At Work Mofrad Muntasir
The Most Effective & Easiest Shortcuts to Lose Fat Mukul Varshney
How To Really Fake It Till You Make It Nasar Karim
Reputation and Freedom Nick Birthday
Society’s Dictation Nicole Barden
Dating and the Bottom Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
Overthinking Coffee Plans with a New Friend Nicole Wallet
Why the Hell is Keto Diet So Popular? Nikola Ojdanić, Ph.M.
3 Steps To Generate Business Opportunities Nora
Three New Side Hustles I Started In 2022 Nora
Do We Need to Believe in a God? Øivind H. Solheim
Celebrating Feminine Energy on 4/20 Olivia Love
Institutional Investors Are Betting On Mass Starvation Omar Hedeya
Learning To Be Thankful Is Easy-Tech Ed. Vol 2 Pascal writes
How To Find True Meaning And Fulfillment In Your Life Randy Salars
How to Make Money From TikTok In 2022 (5 Best Strategies) Richard Appiah
Why You Don’t Get The Attention You Want On Your Articles Rick Bartrand
Not Your Choice. Rory Cockshaw
Made Mad In America Ryan M. Becker
The Danger of Not Knowing Your Own Value Sakshi Talaulikar
How to Think in Complex Systems Sam Schreim
Til Death Do Us Part Sarah Jean
A Most Lucky Ride Sean Cordes
What School Didn’t Teach You Senn R.
Amazon Feminist Collective vs. Amazon.com Sharon Johnson
The Complete Guide to Copywriting Software and How It Can Boost Your Business Shea Hulse
What Writing is All About Shyam Sundar
Cryptocurrency Games : Top 5 Trending Crypto Games In 2022 Sibca Awan
Racially Motivated Aesthetic Nightmare. High School Trauma Resurfacing in my Nightmares… sierra millar
Why just the two of us? Sonika
Are You Stuck in an Informational Echo Chamber? Srikanth
Here Are My 5 Tips To Become a Power Napping Expert Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Hand-Picked Articles #81 Technology Hits
Hand-Picked Articles #82 Technology Hits
Getting kids to practice music Ted's List
What Happened to the Fellowships, and Incentives on News Break, Vocal, and other Platforms? Teressa P.
Stare at the person you want to become. Tony U. Francisco
Those Who Help Ulf Wolf
Doctor Charged For Murder Goes Free and Gets To Keep His License Un-Traditional Mother
7 Loudest Sounds Recorded By Mankind Utkarsh Trivedi
Why Environmental Sustainability Matters and How You and I Can Contribute Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
AI opinion about war in Ukraine. How to try out a leading AI yourself Vlad Mykol
To the Woman I Love — Episode II William Vincent Carleton
A Concept Of Materialism: Zain
10 Things You May Not Know About Me Dr. Preeti Singh
This is why time-blocking is actually harming your productivity Jonathan Fors
Improve Your Attitude by Taking 5 Minutes to Recognize the Good Stuff in Your Life Chris Schwilk, Ph.D.
Reduce Your Stress Now Dr. Stacey Maples
Reduce Your Stress Now
Summary of techniques you can practice now for improved resiliency
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Traumatic Memories of Home Invasion by Thieves Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Thank you for reading these engaging and informative stories.
Let’s Meet Editors Who Publish These Stories
We are grateful for the efforts of our editors who reviewed and published these stories on their own time. Our editors are volunteers who help writers succeed on Medium. They don’t earn money from publishing. They are also contributing writers. You can check their profiles from the following links and connect with them.
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Helpful References for New Writers
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
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
ILLUMINATION on YouTube — New Publication
Illumination YouTube Coordinator crated a new publication for YouTube enthusiasts who can showcase their videos on Medium. All writers are invited to submit their YouTube related posts.
You may check video collection of Illumination YouTube Coordinator in the attached story.
Reference Articles
Curated Writer Bios
Learn about contributing writers of ILLUMINATION written by their pen
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Here are the reasons Why Writers Need Personal Publications!
Highlights from Euphoria Publication on Medium by our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz who encourage writers to create their own publications. He posted a new newsletter to his subscribers today.
Social Media Update
Dr Mehmet Yildiz encouraged editors to join Twitter. His Twitter handle is https://twitter.com/digitalmehmet. He tweets stories he reads. As mentioned in this post, Technology Hits volunteered to create a post including Twitter handles of all editors. Here is a sample story by Illumination YouTube Coordinator reflecting his Twitter experience.
Thanks to Illumination YouTube Coordinator for creating this great video.
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