Featured Stories
Curated Collection #77
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
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We selected interesting and informative stories to give you a quick taste of diverse publication, ILLUMINATION on Medium. As 15,000+ writers contribute to our publications, we always have high-quality stories to feature for readers.
You might check the collections by the editor of Technology Hits at the end of this post. They cover curated pieces from our previous collections. Our editors enjoy amplifying well-written, engaging, informative, and interesting content of our writers using various approaches and tools.
Let’s welcome new writers joining us today!
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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 might find valuable and enjoyable pieces on the new collection and previous collections.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
The Three Reasons I No Longer Suffer from Writer’s Block Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Charlotte Lost 40 Pounds of Visceral Fat After Winning the Battle Against Chronic Fatigue and… Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Elon Musk’s Rich Life Is a Friggin Nightmare (He Tears up Explaining It) Tim Denning
What’s Your Ratio Media-versonians? Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.
Journey to the Boundary Waters Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.
Hand-Picked Articles #45 Technology Hits
This Is What Happened When I Joined Twitter Last Week Illumination YouTube Coordinator
Why Starting A Successful Business Keeps On Getting Harder ⭐ Thomas D.
Stop Saying We All Have 24 Hours in a Day Aarti Tailor
When You Think You Know Someone Abhishek Verma
Joe Biden’s executive order on cryptocurrencies, what you need to know Alain Yunes
The Rage to Succeed: How to Build Grit as a Shortcut to Greatness Alex Philippe
I Want To Write About Immigration But I’m Afraid Of The Consequences Alex Rosado
Reinvention & Reignition Amanda Marks
9 Superpowers Everyone Can Have to Create Their Dream Life Amit Kumar
5 Mistakes to Avoid If You Want to Lose Weight Andreia Damian
I Cried on My Birthday Once Andrey Pilipets
Women Should Practice One Thing to Combat Cardiovascular Disease Ange Dim
Unite For Peace Annelise Lords
Can Ben Wa Balls or Tampons Get Lost Inside Me? Annie Wegner
5 tips to deal with Impostor Syndrome Antonia Catana
The 5 Best Space Publications on Medium Antonio Melonio's Cosmos
Lose Fat With These 5 Easy Habits Ashley Richmond
The Two Most Common Thoughts People Have Towards Australia Banji Alo
Confessions Of A Hotwife: Why Men Will Always be the Yin to My Yang Belle du Journey
The Banking System of the Universe is Called Karma Bonaventure Barry
Pros and cons of buying a home in 2022 — Bright Bright Money
The Sagas of Single Life #4 Brooklyn Muse
Reading Self-Help Books Won’t Transform You, Actions Will Bryan Dijkhuizen
Boom! Medium Will Remove the Ability to Write Stories On the Mobile Apps Burk
Is Silence Really Violence? Calum James
The World Is on Fire. This Startup Gave Me Hope. Carrie Kolar
It’s Hard to Ask for Help When You’re a Perfectionist Cathy Coombs
Practical guide to meditation: 3 easy steps to getting started Charlie E Hyde
Nutrients We Need To Build Bones Chasing Dreams
Aristotle Never Said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Christian Soschner
How Do I Lead An Authentic Life? Christina
I Discovered A Psychic Reading From 15 Years Ago! Cynthia C Farley
The 3 Books I Bought to Every Member of My Family Daniel Mesa
A Goodbye Letter to the Past Me Daniele Quero, PhD
In My Dreams Davidhollis
New Year Resolutions Are A Good Concept, But They Don’t Actually Work Destiny S. Harris
We Are A Community Divyata Dewan
7+ reasons why it’s better to be a workaholic before you turn 22, and I’m glad I did Ea Gesika
Creating Viral Content Edward Thomas
Why FOMO is a NONO Elaine Hilides
4 Practical Tips for Aspiring Writers Will Help Improve Your Work Elizaveta Semenova
Penguin Random House CEO Donates $500,000 Against Book Bans Evelin Mercedes
The Shy Child Who Saw Ghosts 🌸Exorcistinpink💮
Things You Shouldn’t Do, But Learn For Success Fatunla Samuel
Dating in the Age of Individual Will? Filip Cabra Makowski
Is There Any Way To Ever End Racism? Floyd Mori
War and energy crisis: the petrol thieves are back Francesco Carrubba
War In Ukraine From the Mountain ~ Stories & Photos of JD Adams
The Mysterious Lesbian Who Lived in Ancient Greece Gaby Spadaro
I’m Safe and Secure In Your Love Gary L Ellis
Reading & Writing Gerad Carrier
If You Want To Make Money Writing A Book, Sex Sells Geri Spieler
Are you looking for those elusive opportunities to guest post? Geri Spieler
20 Basic Rules of Conduct in the Office Gil Mahesh
Discover More Terrific Authors on Medium (Series 6) Glenn Stok
5 Laws That Everyone Should Know About Life To Achieve Success Gökhan Yalcuk
My Mother-in-law’s Plan Harry Hogg
How 12 Cents Earned on Medium.com Turned Me into A Millionaire Helen DaVita - The Writer Spirit
More Than 2–5 Pets Die From This Every Week Hope
My Name Is Zayney, I Am Happy I. Trudie Palmer
Generate 10,000 NFTs In Under 5 Minutes! I'm David
Open Letter to Time Travelers Improv Cowboy
“Why Are The Russians Bombing Us?” Iryna Kokota
7 Ways To Lead a Well-Built And Successful Team Ivan Popov
10 Ways to Increase Productivity at Work J.R. Heimbigner
Buck Broken Congressman Breaks Down in Tears About Ukraine Suffering Jaron Mays
March 16th Jarrett Wilson
Inside the Mind of Someone Whose ADHD Is Getting the Best of Him Jeff Peirish
Pablo Escobar Once Owned 4 Hippos: They’ve Since Multiplied into a 100+ wild herd Jennifer Geer
Being Broke is Expensive Jessica Hubbert
On Uncertainty Jessica Russell
My First Month on Medium JF Danskin
Don’t Argue! Jodie Helm
Should I Open a Different Medium Account or a Publication for My New Niche? John Adam Ledford
Sometimes You Just Get Curves and Knuckleballs John Cunningham
Finding My Family: An Adoptee’s Search For Self Joyce O'Day
Million Dollar Dreams Justine Bushmeyer
Ukrainian Refugees Finally Going to the UK Karlo Tasler
Content Creators: Your Mental Health is More Important Than Your Relevance Kelsey Kryger
Each Star Can Be a Sun And Vice Versa? kristin schuhknecht
She Thought She Was a Sex Goddess, but I thought she was gross Lawson Wallace
7 Quotes to Relax You Through Proving That Perfection Does Not Exist Letters from E.K.
Stanley Kroenke Keeps Getting Richer and Lives in a Very Small Town in Texas With His Wife Luay Rahil
The Bi-Annual Detox I Use to “Reset” My Mind & Body Lyuba Golovina
I’m About So Much More Than My Unhappiness Mandy McElroy
Lying Narcissists are Free to Ruin Lives with no Legal Recourse or Justice in the New America Markus Scorelius
Preparing for a Battle between Good and Evil: Finding My New Feline Roommates Transforming My Home… Markus Scorelius
Feminine and masculine aspects within us Marta Kusiak
Picture a Leader Mary Corbin
3 Surprising Things I Learned When I Moved To Hawaii Matt Legg
Why Do You Lie About Having Learned to Read When You Were 3 Years Old? Melissa Balick
How Will a Narcissist React to a Victim that Grows Stronger from the Abuse? Melissa Kalt, MD
A WORLD OF HIS OWN Michael Holford
A Song For Elizabeth Michael Holford
Writers Have Super Picky Behaviors, Don’t Be Like Them. mina
A.I. 1.0 N. A. Kazi
Justin Trudeau Is a Tyrant With a Boy Band Face According to Twitter Napoleon
The War in Ukraine, A girl who escaped North Korea, and a trip to the supermarket. Nasar Karim
The Fact That Any Clickbait Will Change My Life Nazlican Kurt
Collaged Elements — Kurt Schwitters Nicola POWYS
Wilder-Dating in the Dating World Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
How To Overcome Anxiety Nicole Waite
Utilize The Power Of Surveys: Collect Valuable Feedback To Grow Your Food Business Nora
“You’re Too Early,” He Said. Øivind H. Solheim
NFTs Are Here to Stay, Here’s Why Owen Cusworth
3 Nonfiction Writing Markets Who Pay Writers Hundreds To Thousands of Dollars Pamela Kazmierczak
Paul Mansfield in 90 Seconds Paul Mansfield
We Should Probably Thank the Dance Itself paulmartincurry
The nutritional quality of plant protein sources (part 2) Rachel Pham
Why I find it important to be less judgemental Rachel Stav
6 Best Ways to Make $30 to $50 per day Working Online Richard Appiah
Daylight on Mars — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
I Hit 1K Followers, Where Are My Million Dollars? Roxy Wright
8 Easy Tricks to Boost Your Confidence Rudi Xega 🇦🇱
Men Who have not Healed Their Relationship With Their Mother Rudi Xega 🇦🇱
Vipassana. How I learned to be more present in the now. Santram Meena
You Don’t Have to Live Like a Refugee Scott-Ryan Abt
Messing Round The Sugar Shack Sean Cordes
The Naked Emperor Walks through the Potemkin Village Sharon Johnson
The Letter to my Father Shawn Michael
3 Brilliant Search Engines Doing Social Good Sian Bennett
I Walked Daily for 21.43 Minutes for 35 Days Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
‘Totto-chan’: Book Review Suma Narayan
What’s the Link Between Some Comfort Foods, Cortisol, and Stress? Teresa Morillas
Can Certain Foods Actually Increase Our Stress and Anxiety Levels? Teresa Morillas
The War In Ukraine And It Leads To The Cow Massacre In Italy The Sinfeld Times
3 Tips Work Even Better Than Caffeine The Sinfeld Times
Ode To Vinyasa The Sober Vegan Yogi
The Cat And The Mouse Thesilkroads
The Red Flags of Claiming To Be Mindful While Running Around Like a Headless Chicken Ticapo
Why Online Reviews Matter to Your Business And 5 Ways To Improve Them Tree Langdon
4 Fear Response Category to Protect Yourself Wahyuni Sapri
What Does Backsliding Feel Like? Wes Putnam
Stay Away From Japanese Companies if You Value Productivity Yuko Tamura
Non-Native Speakers Just Can’t Get the Slang Right Zee Praise
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
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
Reading the Bible in a Year Has Not Been Conducive to Spiritual Growth Cathy Chapman, PhD
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.
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
Meet Julius Evans by ILLUMINATION
Times Change From Good Old Stiff Neck Ties To modern Gorpcore Dr. Preeti Singh
Meet Sufyan Maan by ILLUMINATION
Trending Stories
Five Tips to Melt Visceral Fat and Have a Defined Belly Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Three Tips to Eliminate Insulin Resistance and Shrink Waistline 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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The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
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
Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION
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