Featured Stories
Curated Collection #80
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
Today, we celebrate Illumination’s second birthday. We posted a story reflecting our thoughts. There are a few other stories we featured below.
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Let’s welcome new writers joining us today!
Ellis Orozco, Gabriel Sidwell, Chris Carlone, Nikita Rana, Nikita Rana, Stevenharrison, Mentoni, Julfi, Vlad Mykol from Ukraine, Jahnavi Jethmalani, Manu Sharma, Animn, Autumn Lawrence, Nikolaos Skordlils, Autumn Lawrence, Nikolaos Skordlils, Destiny Eve, Sam Murphy, Kiraly Octavian, Britt Blomster, Ashar Hasan, Saumu Kamau, Moonmoth LeMavely, Stevenharrison, Richard Fang, Danish Fikri, Kristie Leong M.D.. We had to add some writers we announced yesterday due to glitch.
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Please consider introducing yourself in a story similar to the ones in this collection. Readers love reading writer bios to learn more about their background. You may also check great stories in our featured collection from the last three days.
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
When Things Fell Apart, Three Attributes Brought Me Back on My Feet Dr Mehmet Yildiz
10,000 Steps with German Shepherds Gave Amanda a New Life Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Birthdays Are Special! Let Us Celebrate Our Unique And Favorite ‘Illumination’ Dr. Preeti Singh
Faith! Qadir Abdus-Sabur, Ph.D.
Why It Had to Be the British Bourgeois Ellen Clardy, PhD
Happy Birthday ILLUMINATION Illumination YouTube Coordinator
How Is It Possible Illumination Is Only 2 Years Old Today? Jennifer Geer
Hand-Picked Articles #48 Technology Hits
Happy Birthday, Dear Illumination Josh Balerite Acol
Constantly Obsessing About Our Overall Life Situation is Futile — Try This Instead David Gerken
Sixty Dollar Tattoo Aasha Krishnan
How To Get 100 Followers In Less Than One Week Andreia Damian
How to Enjoy Freezing Water Immersion When You Can’t Even Take Cold Showers Auré
4 Surprising Benefits of Writing Regularly Axcelle Sandra
How To Reach The 5D And Stay In higher vibration -Always Bonaventure Barry
6 Things I Learned Earning $6,389 on Upwork Brooke Krzyston
The Last Thing I Wrote Before Rehab Craig Hellier
The Day The Earth Went Dark Cynthia C Farley
Celebrities in 2022 Are Made by the People, Not by Hollywood Divad Sanders
Hand-Picked Articles #47 Technology Hits
Pseudo-Sisters? Surprise! Elizabeth Emerald
5 Life Hacks You Can Use to Achieve Success Without Working Hard Emmanuel A. Anderson
Racism May Come When You Least Expect It Floyd Mori
I Got Covid. It Is Real. Elye
6 Reasons Why ‘What If?’ Is The Most Important Question You Can Ask as a Writer Geri Spieler
21 Days Rule For New Habit Is Legend Gökhan Yalcuk
Do You Encourage Pushback? Greg Sweeney
Trust Between Leaders And Teams Is A Fragile Thing Greg Sweeney
Ukraine, and The Subject of War, Mr. President Harry Hogg
The Electric Health Paradigm Holly Erin Copeland
Impostor Syndrome Won’t Die, but You Can Keep It At Bay Ira Robinson
Self-improvement, Inspiration, Meditation, Attitude, Christianity, and More Jacquelyn Lynn
Assumptions Limit Leaders’ Ability to Influence Positive Results Jeannette Seibly
Do You Know the “3 Pillars” of Your Niche? Jeff Herring
A Quiet Place John Cunningham
Block Time in Your Calendar to Read This Julian Cosky
Kim Kardashian And Her Family Will Always Be Tone Deaf Narcissists Khadejah
Do Not Compare Yourself to Others! Laura Jevtich
This Billionaire Led a Coup Against His Father, So The Father Committed Suicide in Las Vegas Luay Rahil
The Jesus Interview Lwazi Mosley
The Secret YouTuber that Inspires Me the Most Manas Patil
Fundamentals Of Learning A New Language. Mert Unal
Elon Musk vs Vladimir Putin aka — The Rocket Man vs Caucasian Nightmare Mert Unal
THE POSTCARD Michael Holford
An Open Letter To My Former Law Firm Misty Rae
Modernist Poetry N. A. Kazi
The Woman Who Has Been Silent for Twenty Years Said Her First Word Napoleon
Shitstorms Nicole Barden
The Things We Model To Our Children Whether We Realize It Or Not Nicole Waite
Of Probiotics Strain-Specificity Nina Vinot
3 Mindset Shifts to Beat Job Application Procrastination Olivia Parrott
The Truth Behind Popular Meal Kit Services P.J. Buckner
Russia Wants a California State Park as Reparations Paul Coogan
Finally Grateful for the Little Glass paulmartincurry
Gain Total Freedom From Any Offence by Making This Simple Choice Rick Bartrand
The War in Ukraine Proves We Won’t Stop Climate Change Ronan Cray
10 Negative Influences That Affect Self Awareness Ryan Chilton
Starting Out as a Mere Side Hustle, Meet Liberia’s “Purpose Guy”, Lusene Donzo Sibca Awan
5 Reasons Why Not Standing Up For Yourself Makes You A Bad Person Srishti Kapur
The 22 Best Websites To Learn Something New Every Day Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
5 Healthy Habits May Cause Tooth Decay Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
The Most Unforgettable Moment In My Life Sujit Kr
The Rivalry of the Middle East Sushma Sampath
The Rivalry of the Middle East
Re-building Iraq, Syria & Yemen on the graves of civilians
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Solve Conflict In 1 Conversation By Following These 7 Steps Toku McCree
3 Worth Watching Documentaries To Consider Uttam Vora
Who Are You Wide Writer
What Is Tourism Leakage And How Can We Prevent It? Yvette Brand
5 Traits in Common That Manipulators Have Agent Badet
I’ve had it up to here with Amazon KDP Scott Kinkade
When Medium, When? Sahil Wassan
People with diabetes Can Live Longer Just by Making This One Significant Change Ange Dim
Is Putin Imitating Donald Trump? Annelise Lords
The Latest World Happiness Report Should Be Music to Your Ears. Here’s Why. Boateng Sekyere
You Are The Only One Bogdan Mtn
How to calculate loan amortization with examples — Bright Bright Money
Hey, You… Brooklyn Muse
20 Best Places to Visit in Europe Bryan Dijkhuizen
Write a Similar Article for Both Medium and Newsbreak and Make More Money! CARMEN F MICSA
Why Your Delayed Promotion Isn’t Always Due to Poor Job Performance Charlene Shelmire
Why Are You Waking Up So Early? Destiny S. Harris
The Compound Interest is the Most Underrated Concept in High School Mathematics Don Sabado
Google Maps and Street View Are the Best Things Ever Invented Edward John
Sunny Days Are Too Demanding Elaine Hilides
How to Spice Up Your Morning If You Are Not A Morning Person Fahri Karakas
Three initiatives by Italy for Ukraine Francesco Carrubba
A Visit to Kota Kinabalu Gerad Carrier
How to Tell A Girl That You Like Her Growth Lodge
I Read a Devastating Article and Could Not Finish It. Janet Meisel
Your 3 Content SuperPowers? Jeff Herring
How Your Calendar Can Be Your Center of Personal Productivity? Kaushik Trivedi
The Negativity of The Black Community is Sad Now Khadejah
You’re a Fucking Genius! Kimberlee
How to Overcome Anxiety Problems! Konstantine Keretchashvili
How I Went from Zero Experience as a Writer to Medium Partner in 9 Days Kris Carroll
The Only Writing Tip You Will Ever Need Leonard Tillerman
Five Simple Ways to Remain Calm and Joyful in this Chaotic World Libby Shively McAvoy
Benjamin Sledge Is Claiming He Knows Why Putin Invaded Ukraine Llewellyn (Lew) Daniels
5 Nearly Undetectable Clues That Your Partner Is Madly In Love Lori Brown
Living in Harmony with Nature Mahein Kazi
Do Covert Narcissists Ever Desire a Long-Term Relationship with a Certain Person? Melissa Kalt, MD
Building an Open Innovation Group For Improved Process Control Mika Tienhaara
To my children, I love you. Full Stop. Mira Khatib
How Leadership Is More About Prudence Than Bravado Mukundarajan V N
Dating and Bluestalling Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
8 Everyday Items That Are Secretly Harmful To Your Health Nicole Waite
A Journey Of Being More Grateful Person Nizar Alrhaazi
Four Female Characters Who Share The Same Fate In ‘The Scarlet Letter’ Oliur Rahman
Magazine and Websites Looking For Nonfiction Articles Pamela Kazmierczak
How You Can Profit From One Life Hack Which Leads To Exceptional Success In Business Renaz Kisa
What Happens When Rhetorical Questions are Answered Rob Dods
Passive Income is a Pyramid Scheme Scout Dawson
5 Life Lessons My Mother Taught Me That I Won’t Forget Sujit Kr
New Medium Writers — Here Is 5 Easy Hacks to Lay the Foundation for Your Success T Mann
The Alarm Clock T.K. McDonald
Hand-Picked Articles #48 Technology Hits
How Artificial Light at Night is Affecting Your Blood Sugar The Sinfeld Times
Normal People Don’t Get Drunk at Their Own Wedding The Sober Vegan Yogi
What Peter Thiel’s Billion Dollar Question Teaches Us Tom C
Can Failures Be Doorways Trisha Ready
The Ego Ulf Wolf
Are you being productive when you do a lot of things at once? Write the dust
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
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
Establishing Utopian America Qadir Abdus-Sabur, Ph.D.
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
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
Reasons Why My (European) Husband and I Will Eventually Leave America Anastasia Frugaard
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
My Most Cherished Moment Working on “The West Wing” TV Show David Gerken #life-lessons
Thank you for reading these engaging stories.
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