Featured Stories
Curated Collection #97
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
Today, we selected and compiled some engaging pieces covering various topics in this collection to give you a quick taste of our diverse and inclusive publication, ILLUMINATION on Medium.
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We hope these great pieces satisfy your reading needs.
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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
An Award-Winning Conference Ended Up in a Health Disaster in Boston Dr Mehmet Yildiz
My Australian Wife Refused to Revisit Amsterdam After Two Dramatic Incidents Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Omicron Saga Agustín Muñoz-Sanz
Doctors Should Not Shy Away From Faith Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa
Learn the 1.8 Billion-year History of Sleep dr.pisoglou
How to Prevent Sleep Disorders From Leading to Dementia dr.pisoglou
A Late Summer Evening A.H. Mehr
How everything began? Alex Artenie
My First takeaway from “Brief Answers to the Big Questions” by Stephen Hawking Alex Artenie
The Glass Man: Go For It While You Can Still Take Life’s Knocks Alex Philippe
4 Shows On Netflix To Lift Up Your Spirits Alex Rosado
Could You Be an Indigo Child Too? Alishah Savage
The Power Of Positive Reinforcement Aarti Tailor
This is how much I made one month after being monetized on Medium Abraham Hernandez
What’s My Limit? Alize Henry
Yin & Yang Amanda Marks
Play Long Term Games For Long Term Gains Aniket Saraf
When you can’t do anything Anna Rozwadowska
Propaganda Or Insanity? Annelise Lords
Avoid This Mistake Made by 90% of Freelancers Annie Wegner
A Simple Morning Habit That Will Significantly Improve Your Health and Boost Your Productivity Ashley Richmond
The One Thing I Did Early This Year That Made My Whole Year Banji Alo
Remember When Age Meant Wisdom? It Still Does Beth Dumey
Marishka Bienne
What does the phrase “I love you” mean at different stages of a relationship? Bogdan Mtn
How the Dog Got the Last Word Bonnie Kreitler
How covid-19 changed the way we spend money -Bright Bright Money
Did Drugs Kill Foo Fighters Drummer, Taylor Hawkins? Brooke Krzyston
Pepsi Once Had the 6th Largest Navy in the World Caleb Naysmith
Tequila, Wine, or Beer? Carol McClain Craver
How To Understand Solar Storms and How it Impacts our Ascension Into 5D. Cee Cee
How My Earnings Dropped From $900 A Month To $345 In Three Months Chris Freyler
The Breathing Forest CMad Poet
What happens when we die? “I’m serving a purpose. I’m feeding life.” Cosmin Firta
When Ex-Wife Met Ex-Girlfriend Daisy Chains
If You Want To Help Other Writers, Leave Your Best Tip Here Daniel Mesa
I love food. Omelette Recipe for a Divyata Dewan
There Is Nothing Quite So Sure As Change Don Martin
How I Changed My Life For the Better Duane Michael
The Telos Archipelago Dustin Arand
Schools Are Right For Not Teaching Personal Finance. Elite Troy
Fly Me to the Crown Elizabeth Sobieski
Four Principles for Outsiders Ellis Orozco
Four Steps to Find Your Calling Ellis Orozco
How To Read Books Effectively Eric Kulbiej
We Should Remember That “No Man Is An Island” Floyd Mori
A mother who fled from Ukraine gave birth to a baby girl nearby Francesco Carrubba
How to Adopt a Winner Attitude Towards Life geozee
An Unlikely Sportsman Gerad Carrier
Fourteen Harsh Truths of Life You Need To Realize ASAP Gereon Wellmann ⚡
How to Write Your Synopsis and Not Lose The Essence of Your Story Geri Spieler
How To Forget Past and Look To The Future Without Anxiety Gökhan Yalcuk
How To Stop Postponing And Get Work Done Gökhan Yalcuk
Goodby to the America I Loved Harry Hogg
Curated Collection #95 ILLUMINATION
Curated Collection #96 ILLUMINATION
Spring is here! — Newsletter March 24, 2022 J.Cienfuegos
Telepathy James Marinero
If You Haven’t Had One Of These You’re Lucky Because They Hurt More Than Giving Birth Or Being Shot Jason Morton
Smart Content Income: From Article to Mini-Course Jeff Herring
CULTURED MEAT, ANYONE? Joan Didak
We Are More Than the Worst Thing We’ve Ever Done Joe Thomas
Family Routines Have Gone To The Dogs Joel A. Johnson
Ginni and Clarence: The Lame Duck Bonnie and Clyde John Worthington
Give Unto Caesar That Which Is Caesar’s John Worthington
The Sweet Lessons of Kampala Traffic Julia Pereira Dias
The Dating Game is Out of Control! Justin Stinnett
The Test Keith R Wilson
A funhouse in Camden Kieran
“Boy, I Love Meeting People’s Moms. Kimberlee
My Opinion on That “Oscar Slap” Kimberly Thomas
How to make 5 figures writing on Medium Kiraly Octavian
How to Find Motivation for Writing: Tips and Tricks KnowledgeCollective
Why You Don’t Need a Recipe Kristina Oberlander
Living With Dissociative Identity Disorder Kristina Oberlander
To Slap Or Not To Slap? Leonard Tillerman
The Plane with 92 Skeletons on Board Landed Liviu Roman
This CEO Is Happy After His Top-Performing Employee Quits Lokajit Tikayatray
Playing by the Book Lone Brinkmann ✒️📖📚
Everyone Knows the Fords or the Rockefellers, but Few People Know Anything About the Dorrance — … Luay Rahil
Strangers. luminary leafyy
We Are Now Called ‘Social Anxiety Angels’ Lwazi Mosley
What The Russia-Ukraine War Shows Us About The Science of Memes Margo Moret
Do you know how to save pain when reading on Medium? MarkfromBoston 🌻Ukraine
The Latest Conspiracy: The Erasure of the Global Empire of Great Tartary Markus Scorelius
Focus on what you want and transform your life Marta Kusiak
The Ultimate Recipe for Happiness Mary Beth Hazeldine
How I Made $7,500 In Less Than An Hour Matt Lillywhite
Every Zebra Wants to Run Free Michael Holford
A Complete Guide to Accessing Thousands of LinkedIn Learning Courses for Free Michelle Kubilis
Elon Musk Buying 9.2% Of Twitter Could Be A Bad Omen Mike Lewis
3 Uncomfortable Truths About Medium Mike Lewis
Literary Quotes About Life, Love and War by Dostoevsky and Tolstoy Nadine Bjursten
Why you shouldn’t quit Medium Nasar Karim
Autism Doesn’t Exist in My Other Life Natalie Forrest
People With the Highest IQ in the World Nedelcu Alina
Dating and Speed Rooming Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
Borderless Dating Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
“Drugs”: Natural O(ve)r Synthetic Olivia Love
A Skydiving Mishap Increased My Self-Confidence -2 Pascal writes
A Night To Remember-Part Five Patrick OConnell
7 Blog and Website Builders We All Used Back in The 1990s Paul Walker
Finally Grateful for the West paulmartincurry
It’s Okay To Be Sad And Talk About It Prince Verma
Best AI Tools That Will Make Your Life Easier On A Daily Basis. Priyanka Rana
This Book Will Change the Way You Think About Money Priyanka Rana
Be The Hero! Rosa Diaz
Salvador: Dissecting the anatomy of someone I both love and hate Ross Lynn
6 Important Life Lessons To Learn Early In Life Rudi Xega 🇦🇱
Stories on Phone App
Sam Hallows
5 Ways To Master Slack When Working Remotely Samantha Scott
Overambitious? You’ve Got to Read This! Samuel Tan
Get Big Clients from Facebook: Time to Shine! Sara Marium
Re-purposing Content is the Key to Maintaining Workflow Scout Dawson
A Surprising Tale of 2 Links Sean Cordes
Why Read, Why Write Sharon Johnson
Shifting Perspectives Stacy Johnson
Why… Why Did You Leave Us Hanging? Sundar Visweswaran
Top 10 Most Inspirational and Educational Movies To Watch Tatev Karen
How Listening to Yourself Makes You a Better Writer Tavian Jean-Pierre
Hand-Picked Articles #64 Technology Hits
Hand-Picked Articles #65 Technology Hits
The 2023 Recession Veritas Civis
Beauty Amidst The Beast Vicente
You Are Being Manipulated Vishal Mehta
Medium Writers, I’ve Got a Resource for You — It’s FREE, Check It Out VRITANT
Standing in the Rain Zachary Seda
Thank you for reading these engaging stories.
Let’s Meet Editors Who Publish These Stories
We are grateful for the efforts of our editors who reviewed and published these stories on their own time. Our editors are volunteers who help writers succeed on Medium. They don’t earn money from publishing. They are also contributing writers. You can check their profiles from the following links and connect with them.
Meet Dr Mehmet Yildiz — Dr Mehmet Yildiz — owner and chief editor
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Helpful References for New Writers
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
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.
Selected 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 an introduction to the value of YouTube for Medium Writers.
This video is about our quality checklist for writers to improve stories. This is an essential resource for our contributing writers.
Meet Bill Abbate, senior editor of ILLUMINATION, on YouTube
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 our inspiring editor Dr. Preeti Singh…
A video introducing Arlo Hennings
A video introducing Karen Madej, top writer and senior editor of ILLUMINATION.
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.
A video introducing Dr Michael Heng, top writer, thought leaders, and editor of Illumination Integrated Publications on Medium
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Reference Documents for Publications
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Here are the reasons Why Writers Need Personal Publications!
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
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