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Curated Collection #132
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
We curated a small number of engaging stories that cover a range of topics from the thousands of submissions (posted by 15K+ writers) published on Illumination to make your reading experience enjoyable.
We support all levels of writers, from the most accomplished to beginners, to create collaboration and synergy on this platform. Beginners gradually improve their skills by learning from the experience of accomplished writers.
Thank you for your time and support to the writers. Due to the recent heavy workload, we cannot compile daily curated lists. However, ILLUMINATION Amplifier daily selects great stories for readers. Here are the latest ones.
Hand-Picked Articles #140, Hand-Picked Articles #141, Hand-Picked Articles #142, Hand-Picked Articles #143, Hand-Picked Articles #144, Hand-Picked Articles #145, Hand-Picked Articles #146, Hand-Picked Articles #147, Hand-Picked Articles #148, Hand-Picked Articles #149, Hand-Picked Articles #150
Upon feedback from readers, we added new writer introductions and writing related articles to the end of the collection.
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We are grateful to publish 130+ collections this year, compiling links to the wonderful content from our inspiring storytellers.
ILLUMINATION Amplifier posts hand-picked collections inducing most loved stories earlier. We introduce our older stories to new readers. Here are the latest collections.
We believe you will enjoy this collection full of interesting and informative stories.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
Lower the Risks of Heart Disease and Strokes in Five Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Three Steps to Melt Visceral Fat, Enhance Mood, and Lower Health Risks Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Normalized Scams We’re (Mostly) Not Even Aware of Anymore Tim Denning
Today I Turn 36 Years Old — Here Are 36 Life Lessons I’ve Learned Tim Denning
What Eckhart Tolle Says is the Only True Purpose of Our Lives David Gerken
7 Things You Might Not Want to Hear But Almost Certainly Need to Hear Ayodeji Awosika
5 Hard to Practice But Extremely Valuable Pieces of Advice Ayodeji Awosika
How We Complicate Our Lives in America, According to my European Husband Anastasia Frugaard
How I Make $350 for 20 Minutes of Work Jenn Leach
Drink More of This one Thing, Can Prevent Heart Failure Later in Life Ange Dim
Does Your SmartPhone Understand You? Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.
If You Hate America, You Might Want to Reconsider Bebe Nicholson
My ‘Post-Covid’ Travel Experience Alan Simpson
You Will Always Be My #3. Alexandra Duncan
5 Ways an Indoor Garden Can Help Regain Balance in Your Life Amelie Carver
Use Prioritization To Eliminate Procrastination Annelise Lords
High on Life: The Upcoming Game Set in the Rick & Morty Universe Illumination Gaming
How I Built A Business On Old School Principles Anthony V. Lombardo
How to Stop Feeling Like a Loser Ayodeji Awosika
Here’s How I Defeated Brain Fog with Six Lifestyle Habits Decades Ago. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Top 4 Ways Baking Soda Can Help You in Getting a Date Bella Smith
Common Mistakes that New Investors Make Ben Tucker
This Cliché Statement Can Literally Change Your Life Benny Lim
You Can Be Content in Your Life Bill Abbate
Choosing Happiness Blair Fawcett
Getting Bad News? Here’s How to Deal with It! Boedi Andriani Ontowiryo
Living in 2022 in my late 20s Brandy Eaton
What is a good credit score for a college student? -Bright Bright Money
My Homeless Brother Asked For $4,500 And I Said No… BabyWrites
Meet Burk From Two Decades Ago Burk
Why So Many Spiritual Seekers Get Mindfulness Wrong Carl Gerber
Why People Avoid Speaking Up in the Workplace and How to Fix It Carla Paton
Medium’s Hidden Gems Carlo Zeno
One Simple Tip for Fabulous Friendships (And Also a Better Mood) Carrie Kolar
Truth Tellers Are Becoming Empowered Celine Lai
U.S. Ranks Last in Government-Mandated Maternity Leave Programs for New Parents Christina
Can We Talk About ‘That Guy’ On Dating Profiles? Christina M. Ward
Big Ideas Begin With An Inkling Cindy S. Yantis
The Financial Ass Kicking Some Warren Buffett Wisdom Could Have Helped Me Avoid CJ James
La Tempesta Cliff Hightower
The way to Break Bad Habits: 7 Psychological Ideas Creativemediumwriter
The Fog of PTSD Daniel R. Fincher
How I Fell Into Being a Big-Time Writer Don Martin
How to Find Benefits in Sugar Addiction! Joan Kent, PhD
Eating Meat Has Nothing to Do with Ethics or Spirituality Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Bias in Cannabis Research Focuses on Harmful Effects Ed Ergenzinger
Are You Bored? Or Are You Boring? Elaine Hilides
4 Science-Backed Tips to Eat Less and Taste More Elise Wanger Zell
Tedium Turns the Tables Elizabeth Emerald
Tales of Hollywood 1: Elizabeth Sobieski
The Inanimate Suffering of the Drowning Kind Emily Wilcox
Reflecting On My Medium Stats For May And My Goals For June Emma Ryan
You Can’t Spell Malevolence Without The “Male” Ezra Griffith
Why Are Women Carrying Around Loaded Guns? Floyd Mori
The Day Liberty was Attacked From the Mountain ~ Stories & Photos of JD Adams
4 Reasons Why I Puzzle Gaby Spadaro
Ireland and Civilization Gerad Carrier
How Do You Find People You Don’t Know? Geri Spieler
How to Hack Your Brain To Drive Sleep Away? Gökhan Yalcuk
4 Techniques That Freed Me From Years of Anxiety Growth Lodge
Most People Misunderstand How to Lose Weight. It Keeps Them Out of Shape. Hakima T A N T R I K A
Love is a Furious Fire Harry Hogg
Nurturing the Divine Feminine Heather Paz
Citrulline 101: Six Health Benefits Based on Two Decades of Experience Dr Mehmet Yildiz
‘Read for Read’ Club | List 70 Indigo
7 Ways to Stop Overreacting to Stress Ingerul Pierdut
A Super-Simple Trick for Avoiding Big Mistakes Ingerul Pierdut
Movies Lied About What Owning A Home Is Really Like Ira Robinson
Can Scrum and Simple Rules Help to Manage Entire Companies? Iris B. Stehn
11 Victor Frankl Quotes That Teach Us to Lead Meaningful Lives Isabella Martin
Why it Sucked to Be a Pirate Isaiah McCall
My Top 5 Favorite Writing Tools J.R. Heimbigner
How To Know the Difference Between Religion and Spirituality James Boylan
How To Grow Very Old and Still Win at Life Janet Meisel
Sound the Trumpets, Bring On The Marching Bands . Janice Macdonald
I Made Over $11,000 Last Month From Social Media Jenn Leach
Newsbreak Is Running Two Content Campaigns This June Jennifer Geer
Why Are Asians Crazy Rich? While Many of Us Think Money is “Bad,”?
Jennifer Thompson
Why Cursed Texts Might Hinder Your Writing Jeofrey Ogire
You Are Perfectly Normal In An Imperfect World Jessey Anthony
What Work Are You Destined to Do? Jessica Rabel
Why It Is the Journey Not the Destination That Matters John R. Miles
Hey Dems, Grow a Set or Lose the Midterms John Worthington
Understanding our perceptions on the causality between talent and success Jørgen Steen
Days in the academy Julia Heussler
A Simple Way To Save The Internet Julian Cosky
Never too late to learn something new Julian Harcourt
10 Questions to ask on the 1st Date Justin Stinnett
The Silver Lining of Pain Kalyani Adusumilli
Needing More Money Means Bending The Spoon Kalyn BR
Read This if You Feel Like Giving Up and Want to Feel Hope Again Kat OM
Here Is How I Defeated Chronic Inflammation via 9 Lifestyle Habits. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Immortality Could Soon Be a Reality (Part 1) Wounded Healer
This Is Exactly How I Made $500 in My First Month on Fiverr Khadijah Amani
Do We or Do We Not Get Paid For Listen Time On Medium? Kristina God
3 Tiny Acts of Trust That Can Change Your Life Kristina Kasparian, PhD
Do You Have the Stamina to Avoid Being a Statue? Kristopher Keyes
The Return of the Lost Child Kyomi O'Connor
When You Just Can’t Get Over It: Prolonged Grief L.L. Kirchner
Is Dropping Your Expectations the Key to Being Happy? Lewis Jones
The Law of Attraction in Your Job Search Liliana Nakamura
The Meme Lillian Esther
A New American Dream: Get The F*ck Out Livia Dabs RN,MSc
The Reality of Being a Christian No One Talks About Liza Blue
The Battle For The Seas: Are They Polishing The Bombs Of War Yet Again? Llewellyn (Lew) Daniels
I’m Autistic but that’s NOT Why I Didn’t Drive till Age 20 Lorrae - Loving My AUTISTRY
Do catchy titles contain negative words? Lorraine Posthuma
50 Life Hacks That Will Make You Unstoppable Luay Rahil
The Exact Content Strategy I’m Using to Make It Back to Earning $1500+ per Month Writing Online Madison Hunter
Harry Potter Saga Marta Henriques
Lessons from My 30s Thus Far Martha Lueck
A Beginners Guide to Sun Salutation Yoga Mary Beth Hazeldine
5 Creepily Easy Ways To Live a Boss Life Mary Liga
Two Greatly Different Relationship Patterns in a Covert Narcissist Melissa Kalt, MD
Healthcare Is The New Classroom Mhstuart
Rainy Days Michael Holford
Resumes For Rambos: A Teacher’s Guide Michelle Teheux
Here Is What Happened When I Experimentally Initiated Autophagy Decades Ago Dr Mehmet Yildiz
3 Signs That the World Has Gone Totally Bonkers Mike Lewis
If He’s an Alcoholic, You’re His Side-Chick Mona Lazar
Deconstructing My Own Privilege Nicole Dake
I Commented on 100 Medium Posts in One Day Paul Walker
Surrendering to life Payal Koul
Here’s How I Defeated Brain Fog with Six Lifestyle Habits Decades Ago. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
My First Viral Story was Stupid, Fortunately Pierre-Louis Lemaire
One Day in the Life of a Criminal Pierre. My Stories Are My Life & My point of view.
A Lazy Man’s Guide to Time Management Praveen Gnanaselvam
I Joined Medium Partner Program With Only 1 Follower Prince Verma
8 Legit Side Jobs for Stay-At-Home Dads And Moms Richard Appiah
Why 98% of NFT Projects will Fail Rick Crites
Truth exists (Part V) Riva Kajangu
What to Do When Your Headline Sucks robert porter
Winging It in a Fast-Changing World Rosa Diaz
Martian Great Wall — One Minute Poetry Roxanne Barbour
When Should You Move On If a Relationship Isn’t Working? Ruby Lee
10 Quotes to Inspire You for The Second Half of 2022 Sandra Gabriella Di Francesco
The Top-Most Pressing Issue For First-Time Managers & What To Do About It Santosh Venkataraman
Poverty Is a Strange Invisibility Cloak Sara K G
Fictional Writers Took Over Vocal Media Shamar M
Glitch Mendelsohn Shawn Ingram
Top 5 Signs You Are Hindering Your Success Shea Hulse
7 Tips To Reinvent Yourself When Life Feels Pointless Shev K
The Perfect Summer Body Is A Healthy Body Stacy Johnson
In Praise of Illumination and Sister Pubs Stell O. Artwell
Why We Need a Support Group for Climate Change T. J. Brearton
I Met The Goddess Lilith In A Cave Theresa C. Dintino
The Unending Story Of Time Thesilkroads
When you achieve mastery, you have a greater command of reality, other people, and ourselves. Tony U. Francisco
I Love Vultures Ulf Wolf
I Write Vee Goldman
Is Lobbying Unconstitutional? Veritas Civis
In Case Of Fire Victoria Ponte
How I Celebrated My First $5000 from Medium in Ecuador Wellness Xplora
My Life Can Be Summed Up In Coffee Cups Wire Editor Newman
Master These 5 Skills Early In Life If You Want To Be Rich Zaid - WrittenMastery
AITA — Swimsuit disaster Y. Vue
Instagram’s New Algorithm That is Trying to Give Us All a Heart Attack Zianna Weston
Ronnie O’Sullivan tied Stephen Hendry at the World Snooker Championships Liviu Roman
I’ve Always Jogged Alone at Night; No Fear. So Sue Me. Lorrae - Loving My AUTISTRY
4 Games For Language Learners Lusine Arshakyan
Need To Clear Your Brain Fog? Then Spend Time Alone Maria Rattray
How to Bounce Back After Receiving a “No” Mary Beth Hazeldine
5 Compelling Reasons To Embrace The Idea Of Self-Talk (The Positive Kind) Mary Liga
How Do I Begin to Trust Again After Surviving Narcissistic Abuse? Melissa Kalt, MD
Profound Zen Buddhism Stories That Will Change Your Perspective on Life Michael Alvaro
You Don’t Look It, So It’s Okay Misty Rae
Making an Apron Nara Ferch
Dating and the Pointer 🔴🟡Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
How Are You Making Passive Income? Noah Nelson
9 Important Take-Aways From Leonardo’s Award-Winning Documentary Nora
Make Sure Your Dog Can Swim Before Making Summer Plans Otis Adams
Freelance Writing — 41 Writing Calls For Submissions (as of 05/02/22) — Paid Writing Opportunities… Pamela Kazmierczak
Steal My Brand Awareness Engagement Secrets — Part 1 Patrick OConnell
A Poem on Sound Brooklyn Muse
Why Are The Worst Possible People Always In Charge? Michelle Teheux
Why is ‘Be Positive’ the Worst Ever Quote? Aman Jain
In My Writing World Don Simkovich, MA
We Need To Raise Girls To Be Brave, Not To Be Perfect Prince Verma
Online Preschools- 5 Reasons They Work and 5 Reasons They Dont PS
Forgiveness In Relationships Radhika Patel
7 Tips to Help You if You’re Stuck in an Unproductive Writing Rut Rejoice Denhere
Little Known Lessons Learned from the Secretive $6 Trillion M&A Market Sam Schreim
What a day we are having! Sara Wright
Every Publication Tim Denning Wrote for in April 2022 Sarah Willey
How running has changed my life Sardor Madaminov
Hand-Picked Articles #92 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
What I Wish I Knew About Getting Cheaper Flight Tickets A Nkeonye Judith Izuka-Aguocha
The 4 ‘Ps’ To Living A Fulfilling Life Abdullah Nadeem
16 Daily Mantras That Saved Me From Antisocial, Apathetic, and Ungrateful Behavior Alec Zaffiro
Is Disney+ Worth It? Alex Rosado
Gas Price Survival Guide Alexander Kanellopoulos
7 Habits of a Highly Effective Financial Life Allan Johnson
The Rainbow’s Promise Allison Bonilla
All The Stories You Don’t Really Want to Read About Bitcoin and Crypto Alvin T.
How Losing my Watch Caused me to Reevaluate the Concept of Time Amanda Clark-Rudolph
Artificial Screening America Zed⚡
The Sun and the Moon Utpal Kumar
The Rule Of Love vahagn chobanyan
System Explained — Why Was Our Government a System? Veritas Civis
The Biggest Loser Could Be China Veronika Kaufmann
Quitting is Not an Option Yousuf Rafi
Cool Stories 6/3/22 to 6/10/22 Lawson Wallace
Lucrative Book Deals For Some Supreme Court Justices Floyd Mori
My Battle with Depression: One Person’s Story of Struggling and Surviving One day at a Time John Adam Ledford
Are You Being Used by Your Partner? Ingerul Pierdut
Hand-Picked Articles #116 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
The Silent City Nasar Karim
I lost my motivation to write till I found this article. Aun Gregg
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Writing Challenges and Prompts for Contributors
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How to Become a Top Writer in Three Months on Medium
Besides, if one of your stories goes viral, you can earn a significant income. So it is a good idea to increase the chance of viral stories by following key rules. Dr Yildiz analyzed the viral stories and shared his findings.
What I Learned by Reviewing 100+ Viral Articles in 2021
You might check this guide if you want to increase your views and reading time times.
How to Write Content Guaranteed to Get Views and Reads
Update on Featuring Contributors of ILLUMINATION
Collaboration and cross-pollination is our goal to bring writers and readers to one place. We are a diverse and inclusive reading and writing community on Medium. Our publications support 16,000 writers.
We offer additional support to our writers via Illumination Slack Workspace, where writers safely communicate and share story links. Currently, our Slack group has around 12,000 members.
In addition, ILLUMINATION editors feature our writers and their content in the story and interview format.
Featured Writers
We recently featured the following writers. We will continue this initiative.
Meet Don Martin: A businessman and a writer on Medium Don Martin
Meet Cliff Hightower: A journalist, novelist, writer, blogger, and poet on Medium Cliff Hightower
Meet Dr. Gabriella Kőrösi on Medium: Biography and an introduction to her book Darkness and Light Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi
Meet Melinda Blau: A published author of 15 books and a prolific writer on Medium Melinda Blau
Let’s explore the stories of these writers and support them.
Interviews with Writers
Dr Mehmet Yildiz, our chief editor, also interviews published authors and many writers contributing to our publications. You might check out interviewed writers in this collection.
Links to Curated Collections
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You might check out the previous collections by ILLUMINATION Amplifier at this link. ILLUMINATION editors keep featured collections in a single post titled Meta Collection of Featured Stories.
Using various approaches and tools, our editors enjoy amplifying our writers’ informative, engaging, and exciting content.
Here are the previous collections of Illumination-Curated.
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.
Sample Collections by ILLUMINATION
Curated Collection #115, Curated Collection #113, Curated Collection #110, Curated Collection #107, Curated Collection #106, Curated Collection #105
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Helpful Resources for New Writers
Starter Kit for Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
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