Featured Stories
Curated Collection #134
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
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ILLUMINATION Reading Club, Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01, Outstanding Stories — Volume 86, Outstanding Stories — Volume 87, Outstanding Stories — Volume 88, Outstanding Stories — Volume 89, Outstanding Stories — Volume 90, Outstanding Stories — Volume 91.
Sample collections posted by ILLUMINATION Amplifier.
Hand-Picked Articles #174, Hand-Picked Articles #175, Hand-Picked Articles #176, Hand-Picked Articles #177, Hand-Picked Articles #178, Hand-Picked Articles #179, Hand-Picked Articles #180, Hand-Picked Articles #181, Hand-Picked Articles #182, Hand-Picked Articles #183, Hand-Picked Articles #184, Hand-Picked Articles #185, Hand-Picked Articles #186, Hand-Picked Articles #187, Hand-Picked Articles #188, Hand-Picked Articles #189, Hand-Picked Articles #190, Hand-Picked Articles #191, Hand-Picked Articles #192, Hand-Picked Articles #193, Hand-Picked Articles #194, Hand-Picked Articles #199, Hand-Picked Articles #200, Hand-Picked Articles #202
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Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
Today, we curated engaging stories that cover a range of topics from the thousands of submissions (posted by 16K+ writers) published on Illumination to make your reading experience enjoyable. You might find some interesting stories in this collection.
Here’s How to Manage 6 Triggering or Aggravating Factors for Metabolic/ Mental Health Disorders Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Normalized Scams We’re (Mostly) Not Even Aware of Anymore Tim Denning
Deepen Your Spiritual Practice by Transcending Language David Gerken
7 Phrases That Rob You of Your Power and Make You Mentally Weak Ayodeji Awosika
Disclosure and Resolution Program Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
Absent Dad: A Father’s Day Tear Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.
Do You Think Veganism Is Good? Dr. Preeti Singh
Survival Depends on Community Resilience Dr John Frederick Rose
A Glimpse at Family Engagement in Education Dr. Deborah M. Vereen-Family Engagement Influencer
One Amazingly Simple Way to Tell Your Ex Is a Narcissist Melissa Kalt, MD
Reading the Bible in a Year Has Not Been Conducive to Spiritual Growth Cathy Chapman, PhD
Establishing Utopian America Qadir Abdus-Sabur, Ph.D.
5 Steps to Effective Decision Making in the Face of Analysis Paralysis Dr. Cort Dorn-Medeiros
A Distant Train Horn Changed My Perspective Douglas Giles, PhD
Invitation: 3+ Day Free Online Writing Bootcamp Hosted by Sinem Günel ILLUMINATION
A Warm Invitation to Join Illumination Gaming Publication on Medium Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Outdated Thinking Examples That Hold America Back (According to My European Husband) Anastasia Frugaard
Two Dangerous Ingredients You Eat Daily Which Risks Your Health Ange Dim
Elon Musk’s Leaked Diary Entry: Xavier Hates and Disowns Me — but Twitter Will Kneel before Me Adam James
How Writers and Bloggers Transition to Become Published Authors ILLUMINATION-Curator
Publication Anxiety Alan Simpson
The Internet Discourse Surrounding Depp v. Heard Has Been Re-Traumatizing Victims Since Day One Alexandria Roswick
The Oldest “Ism” of Our Time May Surprise You Ali Hall
Could We Rely on Inflation to Defeat the Inflation Nightmare This Time? Allan Johnson
Gust America Zed⚡
What Do You Teach Your Children? Annelise Lords
Why Men Love Hourglass-Shaped Women, According to Science Annie Wegner
The 5 Most Brutal Truths About Life We Should All Know Before Becoming Adults Antonis Iliakis
Writing Software: How I Saved $165 By Using Obsidian Instead Of Roam Aravind Murthy
California’s Screamin’ (For Water) Arthur Keith
5 Tips For Guaranteed LinkedIn Growth Biliz Maharjan
Lead and Manage in Business and Life Bill Abbate
The Final Word On Crypto Bob Pepe
Bill Gates again criticizes the crypto space and says NFTs are based on “the theory of the biggest… Bogdan Mtn
Sexual Anorexia — Yeah, It’s a Thing Bridget Stella Ruxton Wilson
What Happens When You Can’t Write Anymore? Caitlin Jill Anders
Mental Health Check. Carel Kolchinski
How to Stop Procrastinating: Tips to Get Stuff Done Carla Paton
3 Existential “Antidepressants” That Changed My Life Chris Wojcik
Why Does God Punish Human Beings So Much? Christina Sponias
CO2-Capturing Clothing, the Future of Fashion? Claudia Caraulan
My Girlfriend Wants To Leave Me Because I Refuse To Have Sex With Her Clement Brian
Divorce Doesn’t Change Someone Colleen Sheehy Orme
Why we are unlikely to solve the climate change and energy crisis Cortney Knorr
What Does Inclusion Look Like From an Ally Perspective? Craig Hellier
Passive Income From Crypto. The Harsh Truth. Crypto Auto
This Might Be the Reason Why You’re Not Going Viral Daniel Mesa
Innocence Daniel Millington
4 Truths Serial Entrepreneurs Wish They Had Known Earlier Daniel Olatunde
One Thing Writers Do That Could Sabotage Their Success Dawn Bevier
Two Encounters With African Camel Spiders — Huge, Scary, and Fast Deborah Camp
The Worst Year to be Alive in Human History [What Happened In 536AD?] Delilah Brass
Some Pro Tips to Succeed 9 Times Faster As a Budding Writer Desiree Driesenaar
The January 6th Senate Hearings Diane Gillespie
Management Lessons in the pyramids? Divya Yerraguntla
6 Undeniable Traits that Make Berlin Incredibly Attractive for Writers and Artists Dominika Vasova
Being an Empath, Is it a Blessing or a Curse? Donna Maltz
Is Authenticity Impossible? Dustin Arand
CBD Found to be Effective as a Broad Spectrum Antibiotic Ed Ergenzinger
Don’t Be a Buzzard on A Gut Cart Elaine Hilides
How to Know When the Job Opportunity Isn’t Right for You Elizaveta Semenova
My Medium Formula to Success Ella Heart
One Word Understood by Speakers of Any Language in The World Elvira Yuzbay
Insecurities Emily Forman
Improve Your Creativity in 20 Minutes NOW Using Only A4 Paper! Fahri Karakas
Why I Find Perfection in Imperfection Dr Mehmet Yildiz
From my perspective: happiness looks like — Day 9 of the Writing Challenge Fatima
Was This aScam From a Food Delivery Service? Floyd Mori
Keep it Genuine with Frank La Natra of The Battle Bunnies NFT Food Fight Studios
3 Stories I Never Thought Could Exceed 10 Fans Francesco Carrubba
The 4 Toltecs Principles That Will Lead You to a Much Easier Life Gaby Spadaro
5 Ways Writing Every Day Can Make You a Better Person Gary Buzzard
What Are the Best Ways You Can Get Out of Debt and Crush It? Gary Kerkow
‘Chi’ — That Which Gives Life Gary Nelson
Make Videos of Your Medium Stories for More Engagement Glenn Stok
Humanity´s Tipping Point Is Here — Ready To Embrace What Is Emerging? Gregory Reece-Smith
Toxic Friends Envy Your Success For These 3 Reasons Growth Lodge
20 Things You Need to Know if You Want to Succeed on Medium Hakima T A N T R I K A
20 Things You Need to Know if You Want to Succeed on Medium
These tips have worked for me
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Fake, Flake, Flatter, and Follow Harry Hogg
Flowers for His Queen Ilis Trudie Palmer
‘Read for Read’ Club | List 105 Indigo
Did you hear about the 5 Areas of Responsibility for Managers? Iris B. Stehn
Up, Up and Awaaay! Jacinta Palmer
How To Successfully Deal With the Crazy Thinking That Comes Even After You Stop Drinking James Boylan
All The Best Writers Have Left Medium James Ssekamatte
6 Small but Impactful Ways to Improve your Interpersonal Relationships Jason D Cooper
Next Month’s Appearance of a 100-Mile Wide Comet Means It’s Time to Get Those Telescopes Out and… Jason Morton
Amazing Article Repurposing Secrets: The Best First 3 Steps Jeff the Content Profit Coach
Amazing Article Repurposing Secrets: The Best First 3 Steps
Plus 3 pro tips just for you…
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6 Ways To Stop Overthinking and Start Doing Jelena Kollmann
$431,775/month as a blogger? Jenn Leach
On Writing Jennifer Pierce
How Can Your Budget Survive a Recession? Jennifer Smith
How Years of “Printing Money” Has Come Back to Bite Jennifer Thompson
How to Love Your Job (Even If Everyone Says You Can’t) Jessica Rabel
How To Make French Friends in France Josie Timberlake
I Had an Existential Crisis — Triggered by Justin Bieber This Time. Kalyni
The World As We Know It Is Going Under and I Want To Stop It Katherine Myrestad
I Asked for a Sign and You Wouldn’t Believe What Happened Kathryn Eriksen
One Simple Way to Save Money That 99% of People Don’t Realize Khadejah
What Zombies Can Teach You About DEMOCRACY Kimberlee Jakobe
Has Writing Been Your Best Friend, Worst Enemy Or A Mixture Of Both? KL Simmons
The Fine Art of Self Compassion Kristin Austin
3 Astronaut Hacks For Healthy Eating That Will Benefit Your 9–5 Life Too kristin schuhknecht
Here’s a Quick Way To Solve the Problem of Not Being Able To Write an Article Krupesh Raikar
Remember, It’s Medium, Not High Kunal Mehra
My First $1,000 + Article on NewsBreak Felt Great! Kurt Dillon
The Road Less Traveled Larry Nowicki
The Uvalde Texas School Police Chief Is A Coward Lawson Wallace
Why the Sudden Death of Black Athletes is a Concern and How it Increases RBTS in the Black… Le Voir N. Lewis
How You Can Improve Your Memory With These Simple Steps Lisa Richards
Freedom-versary Liza Carver
Freedom-versary
Celebrating the anniversary of the day you claimed freedom from marriage.
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4 Tips for Buying a House in France as a Foreigner Lorraine Posthuma
If You Liked “The Martian,” You Have To Read “Hail Mary Project” M. Elizabeth Blair
What People Get Wrong About Egg Donation Mar Riney
How Bud Light Got The Royal Treatment Mark Armstrong
Family, Slavery, and Reconciliation Mark Suroviec, M. Ed.
Start Your Book Club in 5 Simple Steps Marta Henriques
A Beautiful Book That Changed My Life Mats Larsson
Tell me how you react; I will tell you which destiny you deserved Maximus
Both Worlds Michael Holford
Vices And Triggers Michael Patanella
Spilling the Tea — What are Celebrity Blind Items Michelle Richardson
People Should Keep Their Saviour Complex in Check Midori by the Sea
5 Things You Should Never Say To Someone With An Eating Disorder Misha Malik
I wish I had Gone Self-Employed 40 Years Ago for Three Reasons. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
4 Ways That Porn Makes You Hard (To Love) Mona Lazar
How an Evil Mind Showed a Flicker of Kindness Mukundarajan V N
Become a Master Writer With 15 Powerful Writing Tips Nikos Kafritsas
3 Writers I Would Love to Meet Noah Nelson
Jesus got me flagged on Facebook Noel Holston
Rasletinden, Starting from Valdresflye Øivind H. Solheim
How to Easily Convert Your Old Medium Articles into New Writing Samples Olivia Reed
Understanding How Pollution is Hurting Our World Ordinary Dude
It’s Getting Hot out so Please, Check Your Backseat. Pam Winter
Alcohol Problems Progress, But Not Always in a Predictable Way Paul Goodman
Are You A Winner With Big Dreams? Pius Adejumobi
This Is The Best Way To Remove Your Earwax, According To Science Prince Verma
The Bus Stop Pritika Rao
6 Best Strategies to Make Money With Amazon KPD Richard Appiah
Truth exists (Part XI) Riva Kajangu
Trading FOREX Will Bankrupt You Mentally And Financially Rob Hourmont
Top 10 Ways Gratitude Makes Your Life Better Roshana Ariel
Balancing All Scales — One Minute Poetry Roxanne Barbour
I Wish I Wanted to Work a 9–5 Traditional Job Sara Burdick
How You Say Matters As Much As What You Say Sejal Chauhan
HOW TO MAKE YOURSELF FUTUREPROOF Shahrukh Abbas
On Dodging the Bullets of Anger and Fear (a poem) Shashi Sastry
An unexpected astral projection Shawn Jr
The Number One Obstacle to Success We All Fall Prey to Shea Hulse
The TV of the Mind: Sheri Jacobs
Procrastination Got You In Its Grip? Find Out How to Break Free Sheronda Lofton
Monsters Die In The Light Stacey Lynn Klug
Why You’re Not Thinking Clearly Sobaan Saeed
Healthcare Heroes are Under More Stress and Strain T.S. Stamos
Supply Chain and Excess Stock Terry Day
What Happens When You Publish on Medium Every Day for a Year Tom C
Try My 5–5–5 Formula Brooke Ramey Nelson
Something I Learned About Wait-Staff in My Restaurants Which Is Indispensable Knowledge. Uvebruce
5 tips for getting high-quality sleep vegxcodes
Federal Compassionate Release During COVID-19 Pandemic (the GOOD, the BAD, the UGLY) Wayne Boatwright
Why it is Worth Practicing Time Management Zain
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How to Become a Top Writer in Three Months on Medium
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How to Write Content Guaranteed to Get Views and Reads
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Featured Writers
We recently featured the following writers. We will continue this initiative.
Meet Rob Hourmont on Medium: A top writer in health and fitness topics and a new editor of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium. Rob Hourmont
Meet Sobaan Saeed: A writer and a new editor of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium. Sobaan Saeed
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
Meet Don Martin: A businessman and a writer on Medium Don Martin
Let’s explore the stories of these writers and support them.
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