Featured Stories
Curated Collection #68
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
We have chosen interesting, engaging and informative stories to give avid readers a quick taste from our diverse and inclusive publication ILLUMINATION on Medium.
Gratefully, more than 15,000 writers contribute to our publications therefore we never run out of high-quality stories. We included chosen stories by the editor of Technology Hits to the end of this post. You may also check great stories in our featured collection from the last three days. We keep our featured collections in a single post titled Meta Collection of Featured Stories.
Let’s welcome new writers joining us today: Shahzeb Iqbal, Joe Garf, Gerad Carrier, Douis Med, PhD, Nana Smith, Helen DaVita — The Writer Spirit, Navdeep Khubber, Vindeshwari Prasad, LirehanYagebert, Meher Sethi, Elena William, John Follis, Natalie Jenna, Debra Groves Harman, Ravany Silan. Thank you for joining us.
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Here are the last three collections full of interesting, engaging, and informative stories covering numerous topics.
The Last Three Collections by ILLUMINATION
We believe you find valuable and enjoyable pieces on the new collection and previous collections.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
Three Tips to Delay Gratification for a Better Health Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How Albert Found the Direct Path to Enlightening Moments Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Four Ways to Cope With Worry About The War In Ukraine Dr. Liz White
My Vanilla Vine Dr John Frederick Rose
Take the Blinders Off And Stop Promoting Covert Narcissistic Abuse Melissa Kalt, MD
How I Made $100k From My Blog In 24 Hours Matt Lillywhite
Women and weight training Geri Spieler
How to Find an Endless Treasure Trove of New Ideas Geri Spieler
Freedom of Choice Daniele Quero, PhD
Insatiable Aasha Krishnan
Top apps I use on a daily basis 2022 Abraham Hernandez
We Are Living in the 21st Century, yet We Are Still Primitive Alejandro Betancourt
12 Reasons Why Introverts Are Amazing Alex Philippe
How A Minor Smartphone Trick helped me gain my Focus Back Aman Jain
Unity Cannot Fail Annelise Lords
Your AC&D Writes Your Life Story Annelise Lords
Men Versus Sex Toys — The Surprising Winner Annie Wegner
Am I a Member of the #ThatGirl Club? April Moons
Bliss Bernice Puzon
A New Year, A New Chance To Achieve Your Goals Beth Byfield
5 Key Lessons From RICH DAD POOR DAD Biliz Maharjan
One Who Fears Death, Fears Life Itself Biswajit Dutta
How Zoom Wins Over In-Person Meetings Blurbs By Amy
5 Tips for Stock Investing Buckets Investing
One Mind-Blowing Life Hack I Learned From A 90s Diet Book Carrie Kolar
Business Casual on a Budget: How to prepare for working around people again Cassie Ring
How Does Your Writing Distract You From Your Other Priorities? Cathy Coombs
Do You Want To Learn About The Importance Of Honey Bees? Chasing Dreams
10x your Happiness by Finding Rewards in the Events of Each Moment Chirry Kim
How To Deal With a Difficult Person Christina Sponias
The Meaning of War Cinis Viatorem
The Media vs. Black Women 2: Coke Francis
The Truth About Online Jobs: Are They Safe? Crystal Mathews
I Challenge You to a 30-Day Challenge to Post 3 Articles A Day Dani2404
3 Mistakes Putin Did in Ukraine That Will Cost Him the Throne Denys Opria — Ukrainian
Accountability and a Writer’s Fragile Goals Don Martin
We Need 13 Months Per Year Instead of 12 and Here’s Why Edward John
Are You Relaxed, Stressed, or Stresslaxed? Elaine Hilides
Effective Marketing — Art or Science? Elgin Carelock
Erstwhile Days of Glory Elizabeth Emerald
This Is How Much Money You Need To Be Happy Emer Ryan
Medium Needs a Browser Dark Mode Erica Leigh
Billie Eilish Is Busy Touring And Performing Floyd Mori
How To Craft The Perfect Sandwich Francesca Gabrielle Bavaro
Extreme Ownership — The Art of Being Responsible for Everything in Your Life Gereon Wellmann
5 Toxic Food Additives The FDA Allows Grace Leverich
How to Make Your Crush Like You Growth Lodge
This White Man Told A Black Man He Belonged in A Cotton Field Jaron Mays
A Player of The Victim Game Jerikho Jordan
3 Simple Steps to Discovering and Living as Your True Self Jessey Anthony
GLOBAL MEDITATION FOR PEACE Joan Didak
How to Build Passive Income: Set a Game Plan and Relax While the Money Rolls in John Adam Ledford
Will the Ukraine-Russia Conflict Kill the International Space Station Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez
Make Money Whilst You Sleep Julian Cosky
Mental Invincibility: 3 Stoic Practices for Limitless Resilience Justin Boyette
What The News Isn’t Telling You Kevin Zuccherato
What The News Isn’t Telling You
Evidence that supports my argument in my previous article
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We, The Black Community, Must Stop Living Up to Our Own Stereotypes Khadejah
Ukraine’s National Flower Symbolizes Nuclear Disarmament Kiersten Campbell
I’m asked, “How did you become a successful artist?” Kim Rody
Say Her Name! Say Her Name! Kimberlee
Joyful Participation (Like Orgasming) In This World Of Suffering KL Simmons
3 Tips How to Overcome Depression? Konstantine Keretchashvili
How to End the Self-Hatred Once and For All Leeann Pennington M.ed LPC
4 Incredibly Easy Night Routines To Wake Up To A Exceptionally Good Day Letters from E.K.
My Issue with the Mental Health Industry: Their Focus Is Not Understanding Human Nature Lily Hale
Lost: My Sense of Self Lisa Wathen
5 More Reasons Why You Should NOT Move To Spain Livia Dabs RN,MSc
My Autism Spectrum Evaluation Is Underway Lorrae G.
My response to: When Black Women Date White Men LuxuryCardStore
5 Ways to Integrate Spirituality into the Workplace Mark C. Titi
7 Rules to successfully date a younger woman Mick McIntyre
Art Defined By Moony Moony Thinker
Let’s Explore the Truth of ‘Paranormal Activity’ Mukul varshney
Three and Out Dating Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
Thanks To The Jerusalem Police My Dad Was Found Norlisa Alias
Men to Stay and Fight, Women to Flee. Are Men Equal To Women? Nour Alhakk
How much should you write per day? Oguz Bayata
Freelance Writing — 37 Writing Calls For Submissions (as of 03/07/22) — Paid Writing Opportunities… Pamela Kazmierczak
Inflation Is A Reality. Learn To Live With It. Power of Knowledge
How Jeff Bezos Used “Two-Pizza Teams” to Build the Trillion Dollar Amazon? Prasanniya
3 Ingredients Of A Great Article Prince Verma
The Smartest People Live The Most Lives Rafay Hiraj
What Is The Best Way To Handle Objections In Sales? Renaz Kisa
How to Use SOLO ADS to Grow Your Online Business Richard Appiah
How Is Weight Loss Different Than Weight Maintenance? Richard Health Talks
Organic — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
An Uncertain Time and Place Sean Cordes
A One Sentence Story Reboot Sean F Corbin
Fiverr’s New Promoted Gig Algorithm Shelby Sullivan
5 Habits Inculcate, Every High Performer Shyamdeo Ranjan
What’s the Worst That Can Happen in Ukraine? Steve C
What is a negative interest rate? Is it effective? SURYASH KUMAR
I heard a small phrase Tales for a train
Hand-Picked Articles #36 Technology Hits
Monster Storms — The Terrorist in Our Garden The Sinfeld Times
Do You Find Ways to Self-Sabotage? The Sober Vegan Yogi
What Having Powerful Boundaries Says About You Tom C
Why Is a Piggy Bank Called A Piggy Bank? Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
Does Switching the Language Change Your Personality? Wahyuni Sapri
Unlock the Power of the Tarot William Vincent Carleton
Re-finding the Silver Trail Yonke54
After Dark Zachary Seda
An Insight into Perfumes Zain
Thank you for reading these stories published today. We will present more stories tomorrow. You might also check previously featured stories from our collections.
Hand-Picked Collections by Technology Hits
Editor of Technology Hits publication shares collections of reading from ILLUMINATION’s curated lists daily in addition to Synergy and Illumination Book chapters. We appreciate efforts and contributions of our editors. They believe that amplifying outstanding stories is valuable for both writers and readers.
Here are the links to the last five hand-picked collections. You might subscribe to Technology Hits to be notified on these hand-picked collections posted regularly.
You can find the previous versions at this link.
You might check our new publication called “ILLUMINATION on YouTube”. Its purpose is to give voice to YouTubers on Medium and allow Medium writers to introduce their YouTube channel. Social media content writers and YouTubers are welcome to join this exciting publication. This pub is owned by Illumination YouTube Coordinator. Details are in this story.
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.
Meet Our Editors
Many thanks to our editors who reviewed and published these stories on their own time. Our editors are volunteers who help writers succeed on Medium. 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
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
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Recent Videos from Illumination YouTube Channel
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Reference Documents
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!
Updates and 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.
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