Featured Stories
Curated Collection #18
Selected stories for avid readers of Illumination on Medium

Dear Readers,
We selected and compiled a small number of stories from ILLUMINATION to give you a quick taste. These stories cover a various topics.
We linked all featured stories in a single post so that you can find them from this link: Meta Collection of Featured Stories: Easy access to daily selected stories from engaging writers of ILLUMINATION — Volume 3–2022.
We hope you find some valuable, enjoable, and interesting pieces from this and previous collections.
If you missed the other curated lists, you may access them from the following links:
Curated Collection #1, Curated Collection #2, Curated Collection #3, Curated Collection #4, Curated Collection #5, Curated Collection #6, Curated Collection #7, Curated Collection #8, Curated Collection #9, a collection from SYNERGY, Curated Collection #10, Curated Collection #11, Curated Collection #12, Curated Collection #13, Curated Collection #14, Curated Collection #15, Curated Collection #16, Curated Collection #17, Curated Collection #18, Curated Collection #19, Curated Collection #20, Curated Collection #21, Curated Collection #22, Curated Collection #23, Curated Collection #24, Curated Collection #25, Curated Collection #26, Curated Collection #27, Curated Collection #28, Curated Collection #29, Curated Collection #30, Curated Collection #31, Curated Collection #32, Curated Collection #33, Curated Collection #34, Curated Collection #35, Curated Collection #36, Curated Collection #37, Curated Collection #38, Curated Collection #39, Curated Collection #40, Curated Collection #41, Curated Collection #42, Curated Collection #43, Curated Collection #44, Curated Collection #45, Curated Collection #46, Curated Collection #47
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Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION
Ten Tips to Keep the Brain Young and Active Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Adam Smith Wanted You Free to Make Your Own Decisions Ellen Clardy, PhD
East Texas Closed Out 2021 With Fish Raining From the Sky Jennifer Geer
Blending Technological Advances with Emotional Connectivity Libby Shively McAvoy
Reasons Why My (European) Husband and I Will Eventually Leave America Anastasia Frugaard
How To Create Story Collections on Medium Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi
My Grandma’s 13 Uncommon (Healthy) Habits For A Longer Life Livia Dabs RN,MSc
I Caught the Covid ⭐ Wee Justy ⭐
I Always Ask This Question When I Meet Someone For The First Time Alex Rosado
The Pandemic — Season Three Alexandra Raphael
Raw Reflection Alicia Lee Colasurdo
The Natural America Zed⚡
The Lifeguard Did It With the Kissy Face Amy Sea
The Man Who Had 12 COVID Vaccines Andrei Tapalaga ✒️
6 Things my Parents Told that I Wish I had Realised Sooner Ange Dim
The Miraculous Influence of House Plants: 7 Ways They Improve Your Wellbeing Anya Klis
Where Does Your Bridge in Life Go? Bill Abbate
Quit Letting These People Make You Miserable Bebe Nicholson
Superpower Inside Our Mind Buse ermen
Five Tiny Upgrades That Will Improve Your Life All Out Of Proportion To Their Size Carrie Kolar
6 Things That Will Give A Writer A Panic Attack Chrissie Marie Massey
Productivity Defined by a Millionaire Chun Hao
Tiktok Accounts That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity Dagmara Cintron
Becoming A Person Of Value Dave Richards
My $200,000 Crypto Journey as a Doctor! Doctor Ajit
Happy New Year, Homeowners! Can’t Afford to Move? Don Martin
We All Have The Same 24 Hours in a Day Eduard Sebastian
3 Medium Writing Challenges with Cash Prizes Ellie Jacobson
Travel To Hawaii Is Permitted Floyd Mori
Gator gae polisner
8 Superfoods To Lose Weight and Get Healthy Gokhan Yalcuk
We all answer to Peter for our sins Harry Hogg
Embodied Health HealingLivMama
2.2.2022 : The 6–9 Palindrome Day Is Important To Prepare For Infiniti 🦋
I Boil with Rage Jane Lewis
God Bless You, Bottoms Up Jarrett Wilson
Stop Sabotaging Your Results with Busyness Jeannette Seibly
An Article a Day Sends Traffic Your Way Jeff Herring
I Gained 12 Pounds from Eating Calorie Packed Desserts Jessey Anthony
What Allison Kraus and Robert Plant taught me about Innovation Joachim Guth
Idealism is Not Fantasy Jodie Helm
Fire & Flame Jonathan Tasman
Do You Know The Keys Or Magic Formulas To Make Money On Medium? KL Simmons
Have you Ever Watched Parents with their Small Children and Wanted to Scream in Rage? Lawson Wallace
The True Story Of An Old Lady, Her Family Jewels And Her Cat Lucia Landini
You Are Tying Your Shoelaces All Wrong Malky McEwan
Hey, Josh, Step Away from That Saw! Melinda Blau
You’re Writing “You and I” When It Should Be “You and Me” Melissa Balick
NewsBreak Announces Its First-Ever Awards and There’s Something Strange About Some of the Nominees Nicholas E. Barron
Giving Discounts to Your Clients Does More Harm Than Good Noman Shaikh
Strategies To Develop A Strong Community In The Workplace Nora
Party Like It’s 1962 Paul Coogan
Change Your Life In 2022 By Following These 3 Simple Yet Incredibly Powerful Habits Prince Verma
What Do You Miss the Most From Pre-Covid Life? Quy Ma
7 Proven Strategies to Help Achieve Your Goals Faster Rodolfo Urbano, CPA
My Writer’s Mind is a Terrarium Rose Malana
Family Constellation Therapy Harnessed to Heal Past Life Sara Wright
5 Gentle Ways of Saying, “You’re being stupid.” Shashi Sastry
My Journey to Emotional Security Shaunak Bhardwaj
10 Ways To Boost Mental Wellness Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
How to Write With More Power Tavian Jean-Pierre
The 3 Unique Things About Introverts That Make Them Amazing People. The Introspective One
How to Avoid or Reduce Online Distractions like the Plague Travis Truong
After almost 2 years of no contact, my rapist ex texted me. Y. Vue
My First Time Zach Merkling
Trending Stories
School Should Teach Us These Eight Simple Things (Yet It Doesn’t) Tim Denning
Fasting Can Change Brain Chemistry Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Ever Wonder Why We All Think So Many Useless, Involuntary Thoughts? David Gerken
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