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Curated Collection #64
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers,
The purpose of this post is to give avid readers a quick taste of engaging stories from our diverse and inclusive publication ILLUMINATION on Medium.
Gratefully, 15,000+ writers contribute to our publications. From their recent stories, we have chosen some interesting pieces published on our publication out of many today. Our writers offer fresh stories. We redesigned our frontpage to create more visibility of their fresh stories.
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We keep our featured collections in a single post titled Meta Collection of Featured Stories. You may also check great stories in our featured collection from the last three days. Here are the last three collections full of interesting stories covering many topics.Curated
The Last Three Collections by ILLUMINATION
We believe you find some valuable and enjoyable pieces on this collection and previous collections.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
How to Get a Healthy Self-Employed Life Dr Mehmet Yildiz #health #work
Six Important Nutrients We Can’t Get from Vegetables or Fruits Adequately Dr Mehmet Yildiz #health #nutrition #diet
The Hidden Advantages of Working for Yourself by Making Money Online Tim Denning
Why Should We Clean Up Social Media? Dr. Preeti Singh
Stress, Trading and Stoicism Dr John Frederick Rose
Humanitarian Support for Ukraine Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi
Breaking News: CIA Promises To Get Better At Hiding Government Conspiracies Matt Lillywhite
The Critical Role of Addressing Insulin Resistance on Fat Loss and Decreasing the Waistline Illumination YouTube Coordinator
Meet Nine Top Writers on YouTube Illumination YouTube Coordinator
How I Improved My Financial Situation in 3 Simple Steps Agent Badet
My Story Has Narration! Alayne Unterberger
100 Days of Writing: Day 30 — Published in Better Humans Alex Philippe
To Kill Our Hope America Zed⚡
Mental Disease as a Sensation Ana Strucic
A Haiku On Peace Andrey Pilipets
From Russia With Love Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.
Covid, Oh Covid (to the Tune of Georgia on my mind) Aslynn Roe
Spiritual Game Changers Part One Barry Chaffee
Everything Passes — #Mood Bogdan Munteanu
The 4 Products That Make Me Productive Breezy O'Day
Life and Love -They Come in Waves Brooklyn Muse
I Created a (Free) Notion Template for Content Creators Bryan Dijkhuizen
Why I Regret Having Started a YouTube Channel With 4 Million Views Burk
Increasing Pressure to Settle Down With the Wrong Person Calum James
Just When The Pandemic Ends, Putin Goes And F**ks It Up Chappell Skywalker
This Is What Depression Looks Like Chappell Skywalker
How You Measure Your Happiness can Determine your Quality of Life Chirry Kim
How Vladimir Putin Changed the European Dream Christian Soschner
Men are Having a Serious PR Problem Coke Francis
My Therapist told me I am a Little Sociopath Cosmin Firta
Stop Wishing You Had More Time. Start Using What You Have Better:Crystal Garrett
How To Lose $2,500 Trying To Start Your Clothing Brand Daniel Mesa
Estate Planning For Your Pets Deborah Camp
Is Death Our End Or Just The Beginning Of Something New Dominic DiFrancesco
What if a Writer has a Day Job, too? Don Martin
Did I Give Writers a Bad Name? Don Martin
New Job Requirements to Be a High School Teacher Don Sabado
Toad’s Garden that Time Forgot. Dr John Frederick Rose
What does it take to have Multitasking done well? Ea Gesika
Trolls Don’t Live Under a bridge Anymore Elaine Hilides
Alas, Love Does Not Conquer All Elizabeth Emerald
Why Marketing? Emmanuel Aregbesola
3 Things You Should Know about Concussion Symptoms and Recovery Erica Leigh
Why March is the Perfect Month to Renew, Reset, and Begin Again Erin M.
What Kinds of Personality Types have Narcissism? Fahim chughtai
Does it take a village to raise a child? Felsnee
Saying Side Hustles “Might” Pay May Be More Encouraging Floyd Mori
Begging Is Below Your Dignity Francesco Rizzuto
An Anonymous Healing Project Frank Ontario
How to Train Your Pet to Become a Therapy Pet Gilberto Sapalo
You Can Retire Early Giulia Penni
How SWOT Analysis Helps Me For Self-Improvement and Business Success Gokhan Yalcuk
Observe The Transition. Are You Focused On The Headlines Or Creating Your Desires? Gregory Reece-Smith
How to Command Respect as a Quiet Person Growth Lodge
Oligarch Gets In My Way Harry Hogg
The top 5 traits (red flags) of a Narcissistic Relationship Heal with Sumit
Sharing is Careful I. Trudie Palmer
Move Away From Fossil Fuels Now Ilam Padmanabhan
Hypocrisy and all its Friends Iva Hotko
Writers, If You Want To Write Books, Then Write Books J.R. Heimbigner
After You’ve Seen A Few French Villages, They All Begin To Look The Same . . . Janice Macdonald
When is an Article Not an Article? Jeff Herring
Why Is the Banning of Russian Vodka Reminding People of ‘Freedom Fries’? Jennifer Geer
Are You Too Complacent? Jennifer Smith
Words you might be misusing JF Danskin
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10 Unique Side Hustles to Try in 2022: Determination and Will Power Required John Adam Ledford
How This 3-Minute Japanese Exercise Will Get You in Shape Josie Timberlake
2021 Reflections — 21 Questions To Help You Process Juliet Liang
Being the Change You Want to See in The World Isn’t About Doing Anything Karen Lynn
We Need Cancel Culture — Even Though It’s Not Real Khadejah
Can Teaching Kids Online Really Be That Stressful Or Chaotic? KL Simmons
How 5 Miscarriages Actually Improved My Life and Relationship Kylie van Gelder
3 Reasons Why Writing For Content Mills is a Complete Waste Of Time! Leonard Tillerman
What We Get Wrong About Addictive Disorders Lily Hale
When I dream Little Monster
How Luxury Kills Our Society And Planet Livia Dabs RN,MSc
Putin’s Finger On The Nuke Button And China In The Waiting Llewellyn (Lew) Daniels
Stupid Questions from Adults: Funny Examples Lorrae G.
I Need to Be Tested for Autism Spectrum Disorder Lorrae G.
Raise Your Resilience M. Bernard Bloom
You’re Cordially Invited Madison Kelley
3 Measures of Successful Stories MarkfromBoston 🐾🍻
The Nihilistic Hope for the Future of the Human Race is Extinction Markus Scorelius
The ostrich syndrome or Why do we allow others to deceive us? Maximus
What About the Economy? MCQ
Visiting a WWII Deportation Camp Opened My Eyes on Current Events Mélissa Diaby
Does the Covert Narcissist Feel Like a Failure When Their Mask Slips? Melissa Kalt, MD
The Transformative Power of Discontent. Melissa Lewis Mathis
Critical Race Theory will Never Die Mica Mckenzie
Gaslighting by well-intentioned friends Mick McIntyre
How to be More Productive- One Simple Principle Can Change Your Life Mofrad Muntasir
How space missions affect the human brain Mr.Milano
My Acadian Girlfriend N. A. Kazi
2021 Lifestyle Favourites Naomi Leila
It's Good To Be Back on the Medium High Mile Club Napoleon
I’m Your Movie Theater Now Natalie Forrest
“We aren’t designed for war” Natasha Israni
A NewsBreak Experiment for Finding the Nexus of What You Want to Write and What Will Earn You Some… Nicholas E. Barron
3 Core Principles of Being Healthy Nick Birthday
Dating and the Luxury List Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
How I wrote 100 Articles in a Month. These are my Takeaways. Niklas Lang
This Might Be The Most Rewarding Yoga Teacher’s Training Course Ntathu Allen
What Is the Biggest Mistake With Society? Øivind H. Solheim
Quick Review of a Thousand Splendid Suns Owais Ali
3 Writing Markets Paying Up To $500.00 For Poetry and Articles Pamela Kazmierczak
The world at war; economically Paulo Laureano
Our Streaming Consumption Is Unsustainable, Let’s Sober Up Pierre-Louis Lemaire
Why Short-form Writing Is My Meal Ticket Pius Adejumobi
Dating a Younger Woman? Everything You Need to Know Qasim Adam
We Need To Stop Labelling People Rafay Hiraj
When The World Unravels, Will You? Randy Wolken
Enamored Ravyne Hawke
Pain Has No Virtue, I’m Afraid Rebecca W Morris
5 Weight Loss Tips That Will Help You Lose Weight More Effectively Richard Appiah
5 Simple Ways to Make Your Home Smarter. Ridha.M.B
Welcome to my Newsletter Rosa de Saron C.
Cocoons — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
This One Story Earned Me $19000 (So Far) S M Mamunur Rahman
What is Money? Sagar Rai
5 ways to earn passive income from Print on Demand artwork Saj G
I Plan on Being the Last of the Writers on the Planet Shajedul Karim
Are You Terrified Of Your Peers Getting Ahead In the Rat Race Too? Shruthi Sundaram
Sneaky Weight Loss Hacks — Do These Two Things Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
The Sober Instagram Community Saved Me The Sober Vegan Yogi
Why Building a Library of Articles Is Crucial for Passive Writing Income Trevor Mahoney
Dime (Tell Me) Veritas Civis
Strange Truths Victoria Ponte
These 2 Writing Strategies Made Me A Clickbait Worthy Salary $$$ Viraj Randev
This Is Inevitable When You Classify People By Race, Not Humanity Vuyo Ngcakani
Daily Battles: Being Happy Waking Up Owls
Six (More) Weird New Dating Trends Every Single Should Know Wendy Scott
What Will Aaron Rodgers do? Wes Putnam
4 Phrases We Want To Say At Work But We Do Not Dare Vivian
Roll, Tide Aasha Krishnan
Serve Humanity, Not a Person — A True Reason of Happiness Afzal Badshah, PhD
BLACK HOLES: THE ENDS OF TIME Aadarsh shrestha
Quiet Write (Quite Right) Ajita
5 “Boss Babe” Habits That Are Toxic As F*ck Anton Lex
Illumination YouTube Coordinator introduced ones one prolific writers and editor of our publications, Lawson Wallace on YouTube yesterday.
You may also check his introduction to Bill Abbate.
Thank you for reading these stories published today. We will present more stories tomorrow. You might also check previously featured stories from our collections.
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.
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Helpful References for New Writers
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories on Medium
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
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
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
ILLUMINATION on YouTube — Our New Publication
Illumination YouTube Coordinator has created a new specialist publication for YouTube enthusiasts. All writers are invited. We will announce this new publication shortly. This is sneak preview for writers and readers.
Recent Videos from Illumination YouTube Channel
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An introduction to the value of YouTube for Medium Writers
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Meet Bill Abbate, senior ediotor of ILLUMINATION, on YouTube
A video introducing Karen Madej, top writer and senior editor of ILLUMINATION.
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Reference Documents
Curated Writer Bios
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Here are the reasons Why Writers Need Personal Publications!
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