Featured Stories
Curated Collection #86
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
This week we celebrate Illumination’s second birthday. We appreciate the support of our writers and readers for sharing thoughts and sentiments on our diverse and inclusive publication.
Yesterday, we read a testimonial story from one of our prolific writers, I. Trudie Palmer, titled Illumination Leads the Way. And we enjoyed another inspiring story from engaging writer Un-Traditional Mother titled Happy Birthday ILLUMINATION: I owe a lot to this publication.
We appreciate a meaningful video created and presented by Illumination YouTube Coordinator. Our writers may amplify their stories and introduce their profiles via YouTube. Hence, we created this channel to give them voice. Thank you for contributing and subscribing to our channel on YouTube.
Yesterday, Aiden (Illumination YouTube Coordinator) introduced Illumination’s senior editor, Joe Luca on YouTube. We hope you may enjoy this great video too and learn about the background of this inspiring writer and poet on Medium.
We provided the transcript in the attached story, if you don’t have access to YouTube.
We have chosen eclectic stories to give our readers a quick taste of diverse publication, ILLUMINATION on Medium. As 15,000+ writers contribute to our publications, we have high-quality and interesting stories to feature for readers and satisfy their reading needs daily.
Today, ILLUMINATION Amplifier posted Hand-Picked Articles collection #54.
We keep our featured collections in a single post titled Meta Collection of Featured Stories. Our editors enjoy amplifying informative, engaging, and interesting content of our writers using various approaches and tools.
Let’s welcome new writers joining us today!
Carol C. Bradley, Quratulain Sadia, Kiara Hayes, Catharina K., Disha, Blackbuck magazine, Liviu Roman, J.R. Spiers, Martin South, Alishah Savage, Vishal Mehta, Lisa A Lachapelle Canuckscribe, Dennis Niggl, Ellie Salvaje, Sarah Jean, Ellie Salvaje, Sarah Jean, Samantha J Vincent, Arslan Ijaz, Joaquin Bas, Rocky Road, Meriç Melike Yılmaz, Samer Sallam, Senn R., Prerna Golani. Thank you for informing us as some accounts we announced yesterday did not have access to publications. We added those accounts again. Hopefully they will be fine now. Sometimes glitches happen so please always contact us via our application form or by leaving comments on these posts.
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If you cannot see publications, please Dr Mehmet Yildiz on Slack. If your stories get delayed or face any issues, you can contact Dr Yildiz directly via Slack. It has many benefits for writers. More than 12,800 writers are collaborating in this moderated workspace. It is a safe and friendly platform. You may also check Illumination Blog for guiding article.
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
How to Fix Hormonal Sleep Issues & Improve Sleep Quality in Three Easy Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Get Healthier & Leaner: Three Doable Tips to Defeat Fatty Liver Disease Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Me and My Queen Anne Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.
Making the Blood Toxic to Borrelia Nancy R. Gough, PhD
Meet Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi on Medium by ILLUMINATION
One Step Closer to a Lyme Disease Vaccine Nancy R. Gough, PhD
The Rose Thorn: The Tale of a Virgin Whose Vagina Ran Away Brian Loo Soon Hua
How to Deal with Anxiety and Stress with Meditation Blair Abee
Writing Letters To My Children Alexandra Duncan
Want To Start Selling On Etsy? Here’s How. Alice González
Men — Increased Body Fat Can Negatively Impact You In This Way Ange Dim
Creating History: Ketanji Brown- Jackson Annelise Lords
From Everybody to Your Ideal Audience Annie Wegner
The Key To Dealing With Anxiety Is To Accept It Antonis Iliakis
2021 Was A Record Year For Homicides In These 15 Cities Arthur Keith
2021 Was A Record Year For Homicides In These 15 Cities
2022 is shaping up to be the same
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You Will Be Surprised To Learn About These Rules That Tokyo Schools Enforced Ashfaq Framewala
Being Lazy and Living Slow Are Two Decidedly Different Things Bella Martin
Shutting Off Ukraine Bob Pepe
4 Ways to Pay Off Your Student Loans Faster -Bright Bright Money
After He Died… Brooklyn Muse
Russia Wants To Organize The UEFA European Championship, Why Not? Bryan Dijkhuizen
I Have Been Made Redundant Twice Calum James
Why Being a Quitter is a Superpower Calum James
Bridge Crossing CARMEN F MICSA
Your Article too Damn Long Coke Francis
Dr. Jen RHOC Says Not Okay to Be Disrespectful to Women Colleen Sheehy Orme
This Is the Secret of Michael Jordan’s Success, According to His Teammates Daniel Mesa
Terrible Writing Advice I See Almost Daily Daniella Gaskell
Triumphant Divyata Dewan
How to Manage the Elusive Client Don Lee
‼️❤️11 Ways to Boost Your Microbiome Donna Maltz
Why the Hell Did I Get Conned by this Online Dating Scammer? Edward John
As The World Teeters ElizaBeth Hill
Over 40 Content Ideas for April Elizabeth Loberg
Writing Drafts Cost Me $1,000 Em
Writing Drafts Cost Me $1,000
Only the written stories account for your financial success
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You Ingrates Are Making Everyone Selfish Felix Otoo
A Little Tiny Saint Child Who Might Die Filip Cabra Makowski
Alcohol Is Still Killing Too Many Americans Floyd Mori
Alcohol Is Still Killing Too Many Americans
A study says it caused more deaths than COVID
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MacKenzie Scott Continues To Give And Give And Give Floyd Mori
The Ukrainian referee on the pitch in Italy with her flag Francesco Carrubba
Are YOU A Gentleman? Francesco Rizzuto
We Need to Stop Using Racism As a Tool to Hide Our Racism Frank T Bird
I Speak Four Languages — But That’s Nothing To Brag About Gauri Sirur
Screw It! Winning On Medium Is a Number Game. George Blue Kelly
Ten Life Skills That Are Tough To Learn But Will Pay off Forever Gereon Wellmann
5 Types Of Narcissists To Use In Your Next Story Geri Spieler
8 Plot Devices & How To Use Them In Your Stories Geri Spieler
The True Alchemy to Ever Lasting Relationships? It’s Easier than You Think Giuseppe
Mistakes Caused The Success of SpaceX, IBM, 3M and Others Gokhan Yalcuk
Have You Faith In The Direction Your Life Is Heading Gregory Reece-Smith
Why Women Like Bad Boys, According to Psychologists Growth Lodge
Why Creating a Fiverr Side Hustle Isn’t Worth It Halcyon
Another Use for Botox — 100 Injections Under Each Arm Heather Cuellar
Lose Weight Easily Hermina Dee
3 Easy Tricks to Blast Your Anxiety Attacks When You’ve Had Enough Ira Robinson
3 Lucrative Data and Tech Jobs for Your Personal and Financial Freedom Over the Next Decade And How… Isabelle Flückiger
Latin Vibes Jade Willow
You will have a psychedelic experience Jahnavi Jethmalani
Is There Anything Good That Can Come From Men? James Ssekamatte
How to Dance on a Railroad Jarrett Wilson
You Can’t Get Rid of Love Jean Elizabeth Glass
Examining Marcel Duchamp’s Alter Ego — Rrose Sélavy: Is Extreme Eccentricity Intrinsic to Creatives? Jeffrey P. Colin/JP Colin Design
How to Prevent and Treat No-See-Um Bites Jennifer Dunne
The Reason Why Nothing Seems To Change No Matter How Hard You Try. Jennifer Thompson
What Your Libido Might Be Telling You about Your Physical Exercise Jessey Anthony
Deshaun Watson and Why Survivors Don’t Speak Out. Jessica Hubbert
Success is Simple: The Key to Achieving Anything John Adam Ledford
Five Keys To a Better You John Teehan
Life Is Going To Continue To Get More Expensive. Joseph C. Malone
Trust Him, Everything In The End Will Be Fine, In Due Time Josh Balerite Acol
Endless Is the Search Julienne M.
It’s a scam in any language. Kelly Robinson
Why you don’t sleep well Kiraly Octavian
Hard To Believe It’s Coming To An End And This New Thing’s About To Begin KL Simmons
There’s A Different Way to Working Parent Life kristin schuhknecht
Slay Those Parasites Hiding In Your Home Lanu Pitan
The Key to Sanity: Love Reading! Leonard Tillerman
Be emotionally rational Levi Pelbát
What My First Year On Medium Helped Me Realize About Writers Lucia Landini
Cycling Can Change your Life Maira Farooq
Problem Solving: 4 Scenarios to Know and Where to Focus Marco Giardina
6 Speedy Tips For Writing Short Articles Maria Garcia
Do you know the Pros/Cons of Making Money Online? MarkfromBoston 🌻Ukraine
5 Ways to Find Your True Self and Become More Authentic Mary Beth Hazeldine
How I Made $100k In Passive Income Matt Lillywhite
I Met Joe Biden In The White House Matt Lillywhite
Are You Giving Up? How About The Story Of A Jawless Rapper To Show You Nothing Is Impossible Mentoni
Understanding This One Psychological Principle Might Help You Achieve Your Dream Goals. Michael Lim
Dreaming While Awake Moony Thinker
Could Russia Use Nuclear Power? Mustafa Pekcandanoğlu
Of Life and Death N. A. Kazi
3 Free Premium Services and Tools You Need In 2022 Neil Shah
3 Publications That You Should Definitely Use on Medium Nick
Dating and Back Door Cheating Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
Dating Exhaustion Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
My Son’s Journey With Stridor Nora
3 Free Alternatives I Rely On To Design Promotional & Print On Demand Products Nora
What Happens Now: How Can the World Avoid World War III? Øivind H. Solheim
Finally Grateful for Our Ancient Us paulmartincurry
Where is the Remote preetisharma
How To Make $100 Per Day By Sending Emails- (Make Money Online) Richard Appiah
Your Boss Doesn’t Care About Your Personal Development Rob Stux
I have PTSD Rosa de Saron C.
5 Ways To Work Smarter Not Harder Rudi Xega 🇦🇱
100 Psychology Skills To Master Your Life Rudi Xega 🇦🇱
The Clawback Incentive Is Pure Motivational Genius Sah Kilic
3 YouTube Channels That Have Transformed My Life Samuel Tan
Your story will get better after text editor in the Medium app is dead! 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐈 🥑
Why the Second Season of ‘Love is Blind’ was a Compelling Commentary on Modern Dating Shannon Mitchell
Meet Ghrelin: the hunger hormone Shyam Sundar
Your Opportunity To Find Better Work Is Now Spencer Josephson
Living Alaska — ” Serendipity Baby” Stevenharrison
57 Things Every Person Should Do Once Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
The Clown Suma Narayan
COVID has changed the way people look at death SURYASH KUMAR
How To Find the Confidence To Pursue the Life You Want — In the Midst of Fear Sydney Koel
Hey Gen Xers and BabyBoomers, Are You Too Old For A Tattoo? T Mann
Romanticizing Heartbreak Talula Rose
Your Motivation May Come From Unexpected Places Tamil
Making Every Simple Task Time-Consuming, Thanks to Anxiety Terence Kong
How to Apologize Like a Stoic? The Sinfeld Times
How Stoicism Helps You Make Friends The Sinfeld Times
Deleuze and Pragmatism 2 Tomas Byrne
What Would You Do If The Net Was Cut Off? Tooth Truth Roopa Vikesh
Distance Ulf Wolf
Money Is The Root Of All Evil Un-Traditional Mother
7-Signs of “Good” Nation-Power Uvebruce
For Those Employers Who Think No One Wants to Work Anymore Vena Moore
Putin Steals A Young Boy’s Cake Viraj Randev
Living with Depression and Learning to Challenge Its Lies Wendi Gordon
LEILA LESSONS — COLOR BLIND? Wendy Weber
Why You’re So Tired All the Time
Plastic Folding Chairs Aasha Anna
No More Slouching: 6 Time-Tested Tips to Improve Your Posture (+2 Bonus Ones) Alex Philippe
Practical Memorization: Part 2–10 Tips to Choose the Best Loci for Your Memory Palaces Alex Philippe
7 Navy SEAL Characteristics That Are Worth Emulating Andy Murphy
Happy Planet Index — Which country is the happiest? Ashfaq Framewala
The McDonald’s Doctrine Is What Really Protects US From WW3 Bees & Honey Talk
7 Things That Poor People Do Daily That Makes Them Poor Agent Badet
One honest reason why your life is so boring Danish Fikri
Top 5 SEO Keyword Tools David Amato
Trivial? Elliott Black
Confessions Of An Influencer Jade Scarfone
Navigating Through Modern Education & Careerism Without Losing the Human Soul Janna
What is Fashion Business? — A Beginner-Level Knowledge! Karuna Shah
The Convenience Economy & Food Allergies — Is There Any Correlation? Katie L. Moreno
Tired Of Clapping On Medium? Manu Sharma
How Can You Gain Control of Your Emotional Brain? Martin Jeffery
The mystery of strange objects in space that envelops entire galaxies has been revealed Mr.Milano
How to regain your lost focus and the ability to concentrate Oliur Rahman
My Ex Messaged Me Today Patricia Wills
Flowers For Milly Patsy Collins
Living In Fear Sam Hallows
10 Most Exciting Technologies of the Future! Arslan Ijaz
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
My Most Cherished Moment Working on “The West Wing” TV Show David Gerken #life-lessons
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
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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The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
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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
Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories on Medium
ILLUMINATION on YouTube — New Publication
Illumination YouTube Coordinator crated a new publication for YouTube enthusiasts who can showcase their videos on Medium. All writers are invited to submit their YouTube related posts.
Informative Videos from Illumination YouTube Channel
We hope you enjoy the attached videos by Illumination YouTube Coordinator
This video gives tips on writing viral stories on Medium.
This video is about our quality checklist for writers to improve stories. This is an essential resource for our contributing writers.
This video is an introduction to the value of YouTube for Medium Writers.
A video introducing Carla Woody on YouTube
Another video introducing Shashi Sastry, top writer on Medium and published author — Philosophy of Life Instinct
A video introducing Arlo Hennings
A video Introducing Lawson Wallace, prolific writer and editor of Illumination.
Here is a video introducing Julius Evans, top writer and editor of Illumination Integrated Publications on Medium
Here is a video introducing our senior editor, Joe Luca on YouTube.
Meet Bill Abbate, senior editor of ILLUMINATION, on YouTube
A video introducing Karen Madej, top writer and senior editor of ILLUMINATION.
A video introducing Dr Michael Heng, top writer, thought leaders, and editor of Illumination Integrated Publications on Medium
A video introducing our inspiring editor Dr. Preeti Singh…
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Reference Documents for Publications
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.
Social Media Update
Dr Mehmet Yildiz encouraged editors to join Twitter. As mentioned in this post, Technology Hits volunteered to create a post including Twitter handles of all editors soon. Our editors tweet stories they publish. In the meantime, you might follow our lead editors. You might check this initial feedback from the Illumination YouTube Coordinator in a recent story after joining Twitter.
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