Featured Stories
Curated Collection #71
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
In this collection, we have chosen some interesting, engaging, and informative stories to give you a quick taste of our diverse and inclusive publication, ILLUMINATION on Medium.
Since more than 15,000 writers contribute to our publications, we never run out of high-quality stories. Chosen stories by the editor of ILLUMINATION Amplifier is at the end of this post. We enjoy amplifying excellent content of our writers.
Let’s welcome new writers joining us today: Michael Snellen, Radhika Bhatia, Andreia Damian, Keith Michael, Ainur Roviq, Myles Loffler, Gary L Ellis, Kade “Kuma” Maijala, P.J. Buckner, Marco Giardina, Janna, THINK TECK. Thank you for joining our publications on Medium. You are part of over 14,000 writers contributing to our publications. Please review the attached onboarding pack, as it includes essential information to get you started. If you submit quality stories with captioned and copyright-free images, our editors can publish them quickly. Please particularly review the photo handling policy attached in the pack. We don’t accept plagiarized content and remove offenders immediately. In addition, Medium suspends the accounts of plagiarizers. We look forward to reviewing, publishing, and promoting your great stories.
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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.
The Last Three Collections by ILLUMINATION
Here are the last three collections full of interesting, engaging, and informative stories covering numerous topics.
We believe you find valuable and enjoyable pieces on the new collection and previous collections.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
Three Tips to Activate Brown Fat Dr Mehmet Yildiz
What We Know about Nootropics & Why They Matter Dr Mehmet Yildiz
A Simple Solution to Those Nerve-Wracking Noises Dr. Stacey Maples
Denis Diderot: A Sensual Materialist Ahead Of His Time Christyl Rivers, Phd.
Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.
How To Become A Top Writer In Three Months on Medium Illumination YouTube Coordinator
Ukraine’s Zoo is Battling the War too Moryt Milo
How I Wrote A Novel In Less Than A Day Matt Lillywhite
3 Passive Income Streams That Changed My Life Matt Lillywhite
Lie to Me Aasha Krishnan
How to Stay Focused at Work Despite Constant Online Interruptions Alex Philippe
She… Amanda Marks
Five Tips Athletes Use, and Women Need to Change Their Body Shape Ange Dim
3 Unexpected Benefits of Being a Jill/Jack of All Trades in a World that Prizes Subject Matter… Angela Choi
5 YouTube Channels to Boost Your Learning & Productivity in No Time Anshul Kumar
4 Signs You May Be a Limiting Belief Victim Barry Chaffee
Personal Diplomacy Brian Dickens Barrabee
What Would Cats Do If They Could Talk? Bryan Dijkhuizen
The Mommy Trap: Break Free of Working Mother’s Guilt Carla Paton
Why Most of Us Aren’t Getting Paid Thousands of Dollars on Medium Christina Szeman
6 Popular Ways to Make a Steady Income Working from Home Crystal Mathews
Lessons From The Playground: Kids Say The Most Amazing Things Cynthia C Farley
Top 5 Applications With Which You Can Make Money Dani2404
The 5 Most Common Myths About Cannabis Darby Lowe, MSc
What Happens When Someone Dies in Their Home and Their Cats are Locked Inside Deborah Camp
Why Am I Afraid Of Writing Even Though I Love It Dhruv Noatay
Why Am I Afraid Of Writing Even Though I Love It
Not A Rant. Not A Guide. Just How It Is.
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Familiarity, a Valuable Asset to Writers Don Martin
If The Antiquated School System Didn’t Teach You Anything, You Can Learn Everything You Need Online Don Sabado
Are You a True Believer or a Believer in What Isn’t True? Elaine Hilides
These Promising Technologies Give Us a Chance for a Sustainable Future Elizaveta Semenova
Completely Naked Elledit
All Cats Go To Heaven 🌸Exorcistinpink💮
What You Need to Know About Mars Fahri Karakas
Have Your Mistakes Affect Your Kids Positively Fatunla Samuel
The history of the Italian pizza chef in Russia Francesco Carrubba
The 70s: “It can’t get any Higher than 55 cents a Gallon.” Frank Ontario
When Media Was Trusted From the Mountain ~ Stories & Photos of JD Adams
Lessons from Jesuits Gerad Carrier
The Real Reason Putin Is So Obsessed with Ukraine and Crimea Gereon Wellmann
How Much Profanity Do You Need In Your Novel? Geri Spieler
10 Things You May Not Know About Elon Musk Giorgos Myrianthous
Long or Quality Life Gokhan Yalcuk
Why You Should Take a Two-Week Vacation Greg Heil
Are Balance And Harmony Essential For You To Enjoy Your Life? Gregory Reece-Smith
10 Signs You Should Stay Away From Someone Growth Lodge
Oh, Ukraine Harper Elliott
White-Wash House Harry Hogg
8 Amazing Reasons Why You Should Write Ilam Padmanabhan
The Magical Path That Will Heal You & The One Thing Medicine Ignores Infiniti 🦋
Reflections on Integrity and Leadership J.D Rehbein-Wrightstein
3 Harsh Lessons I Learned About Starting a Business. Jacob Hinz
Do We Really Need 6G Cellphones? James Marinero
Toxic Workplaces, Like Crabs in a Bucket, Leaves You Fighting for Life Every Day Janice Eastman
Stealth Articles are Invitational Jeff Herring
How Years & Years New Album ‘Night Call’ is an Ode to Diversity Rui Alves 🇺🇦
Children: Barometers of ‘Normalcy’ Suma Narayan
It’s All About Sex Iris B. Stehn
Steve Jobs Secret to a Better Life Gereon Wellmann
Yes, You CAN be Good Without God! Dustin Arand
5 Signs You are Stuck in the Matrix Jennifer Pitts
Free College is Already Here Jesse J Rogers
Noodle writing prompt Jim McAulay🍁
Don’t Wait. 7 Ways To Feel Better Starting Today John Teehan
How Being Authentic Matters to Being a Meaningful Medium Writer Jonathan Bateman
How to Find if Someone Plagiarized Your Work Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez
Why I Never Write Unpaid Test Articles K.B. Bailey
Help, My Facebook Account Is Disabled! Karen Grant
Spirits Speak to Us, All You Need is the Right Recorder Karen Schwartz
“Rules are Rules” Karlo Tasler
Did You Just Say That As A Teacher I’m Not Allowed To Talk About Being Gay?! KL Simmons
Ever Have An Idea So Good Everyone Loves It? Kris Downey
To My Life… Krishna V Chaudhary
Baby Steps To Take Control Of Your Finances. Kunaal b
Never settle for love Leah-Ashley McCauley
Google’s Pixel 6, The Future of Phones Leigh Robbins
Get Back to Work!!! Leonard Tillerman
4 Characteristics That Make A Writing Course Worth Attending Lucia Landini
Like Water Mahgol J
Are You The One Holding Yourself Back From Happiness And Success? Matt Legg
How I Gained 100 Followers on Medium Miles Chandler
The Ultimate Reason I’m Thrilled To Join Tony Robbins’ UPW Program Mofrad Muntasir
Serial Poems N. A. Kazi
You’re just a bad joke Nasar Karim
Success Nicole Barden
BROKEN THOUGHTS NIDAA
Create the Ultimate Bucket List to Make the Most Out of Life Noah Nelson
I Just Became a Writer For Illumination, And Why Should You. Nojus Tumenas
Russia’s War Against Ukraine — Let the Russian People Know the Truth Øivind H. Solheim
We Should Probably Thank Someone Anyway paulmartincurry
Let’s Take Off The Masks We All Wear Pridefully Rafay Hiraj
Can Someone Explain The MPP To Me? Rex Shadeseagle
Seeing Through the Toxic-Gaze Robin Emery
Disappearance — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
This Man Won $31 million by Luck — But After 20 months, He Committed Suicide S M Mamunur Rahman
Do You Remember How School Made You Feel? Samantha de Mattos
My Thoughts On Kristina’s Triangle System For a Boost Of Stats On Medium 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐈 🥑
Turkey’s Three-way Talk Is Putin’s Massive Gameplan of It All. Shajedul Karim
The Simple Road to Happiness Shawnmtaylor
The Gulf Kingdoms’ Patience With Washington Is Waning. Shehan Samarawickrama
The Disgrace Of Calvin Ridley Skeptical White Male
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7 Tips to Finally Be More Productive The Tina Lifestyle
Deleuze and Hegel 2 Tomas Byrne
The We-Love-NYC-Homecoming-Concert Nightmare TRAVEL STORIES BY GABE
She Deserves Far More Vashni Stories
My Queen Cats Always Answer To Kitty Veronica Haunani Fitzhugh
How I Managed To Keep My Mental Health In Check In Times Like These Vivek Naskar
A 15-Year-Old’s Take on the Most Important Quality We Need to Become a Successful Writer VRITANT
Tax Time Migraine William (Dollar Bill) Mersey
The Perfect Plan William Vincent Carleton
Three Tips to Switch to a Fat-Burning Metabolism Dr Mehmet Yildiz
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.
We will add more editor profiles soon. You may also bookmark this collection managed by by ILLUMINATION-Curator so that you don’t miss when we add new profiles. Collection of Editor Bios: Meet Editors of Illumination Integrated Publications. Thank you for reading profiles of our editors.
Helpful References for New Writers
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories on Medium
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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Illumination YouTube Coordinator has created a new specialist publication for YouTube enthusiasts. All writers are invited.
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