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Featured Stories Issue #68

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Happy Sunday!

Today, we compiled interesting stories for your weekend reading. These small number of pieces selected from our large collection can inform and entertain you. External readers can access them via blogs on Word Press.

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Featured stories today

Please enjoy our interesting stories.

Another Sunny And Joyful Day On Medium Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Turns Out I’m a Little Bent Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.

Is CBD the Cure for Anxiety? Chad Rayborn

Beyond “Yes” and “No” — Exploring The Playfield of Consent Chintan Ray

4 Reasons Why Now Is the Best Time to Get Yourself Certified Chris McQueen

My Friend Anger Christi Wadle

The Dead Fox Runs.. a. a.gallagher

Set A Daily Appointment With Your Fear A.M. Radulescu

3 Secrets to Use Your Voice to Create Your Happiness Now Ada LLoyd

We Don’t Teach Managers How to Manage Adam Prescott

Stop countering “Black Lives Matter” with “Black on Black Crime” Adonis Richards

Personal Question Agnes Laurens

Sales Expert America Zed

White Lady Wishes She Could Calm Down Around Black People Amy Culberg

Home Gym vs Traditional Gym: Part 2 Andrew Poletto

5 Signs You Are a ‘Spiritual Channel’ Bev G

Improve Your Relationships and Your Work by Doing One Thing Bill Abbate

To Those Who Missed Out on Medium’s Bonuses (Again) Boateng Sekyere

4 Quick Tips for Sustainable Living (With Children) Burk

Things I Don’t Think About Candy Marie

of the old Christian Beros

Etsy and Depop Merger — Is Ebay On A Downward Slope? Christie Adams - Writer

Delicate Strength Claire Kelly

Glimpses of Enslaved Life on a Cape Fear Rice Plantation Claudia Stack

Dandelion Wine Courtenay S. Gray

The Shocking Truth of Having a Boob Job Daisy Chains

Trust Your Gut David Kingsbury

The Importance of Being Human at Work David Sachsenmaier

20 Personality Development Tips That Will Make You Unique Deepak Mahtoliya

Relationship Problems — Sink, Float, Or Swim, Choice Is yours! Dr. Preeti Singh

Why I Shifted My Focus From Receiving to Giving Dylan Hughes

Humans Could Have Sent Life to Other Planets Ed Fernyhough

The Transcendence of Conscience Ed Noble

How They Become A Millionaire! Are You Ready To Be? Ege Aba

I Have Completed My First Month as a Writer on Medium Elin Melaas

The #1 Reason We Fail Time and Time Again Ephraim Champion

The Benefits of Keeping a Journal or Diary Erica Martin

Introverts: How to Stop Thinking that Being Quiet is A Bad Thing Evelyn Lim

Tag in the Toy Aisle — Part One Everly Remington

How Gaming Has Forever Changed Mindsets And Concepts Florin Marchis

Racism Makes Life More Unfair Floyd Mori

I owned Half-a-Horse called Dolly Fred: Almost Famous

Heat Oppression Geetika Sethi

The Reality About That Job You Have A Passion For geraldine ameh

5 Ways to Cope When Feeling Emotionally Drained Graceygee

A Troublesome Lunch Hannah M. Moore

The Nude Harry Hogg

Refuse To Give Up Ian Worrall

How Woman’s Yearning to Embody the Essence of Who She is, Got Twisted Into a Superficial Quest of… Ida Johannesen

No Ring — No Bring India Snow

The Journey an Idea Takes to Reach Success Isaak Newborn

Life is a Rainbow Ivette Cruz

Why You Need a High Sense of Coherence to Cope With Covid-19 Related Mental Health Problems. Jackson Weako

Fixing Your Internalised Hate May Be a Lesson on Learning How To Let Go James Ssekamatte

Are You Using Your Interview Time Effectively? Jeannette Seibly

How I Became a Writer Jennifer Brewer

An Uncomfortable Ride

3 Steps to Move on from a Love Connection Jennifer Pitts

Why I Leave Weddings Early Now Jess Eunse

9 Self-Improvement Practices That Require No Extra Time Jessi Tobin

I Kissed a Frog, and I Liked It Jillian Spiridon

When Subtraction is Worth More than Addition John Ross

Ludwig van Beethoven Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez

I think of a god they call December Joy Nibbs

The Only Time I Ever Told My Father I Loved Him Juliano Righetto

How Medicine Discriminates: Do many devices and treatments work less well for non-whites and women? Kabir Kalia

Weekly ish Wisdom from Karen Karen Madej

Driving to Death Keith R Wilson

Returning the Dandelion to its Proper Place in the Ecosystem as a Source of Wisdom Keri Mangis

13 Chess Tips That Will Help Any Beginner Chess Player Kevin Lee

Retain: to Keep (Someone) in a Position, Job, etc. Kit Campoy

Check Your Earnings! Medium Just Paid Me A $50 Bonus Kristina God

Love and Light Kyomi O'Connor

Six Signs You Are Married To The Right Person Liam Ireland

How to Create a Brand Story That Kicks Ass Like Kentucky Lee Elliott

Modern Fear — How to deal with it? Leonid Hass

I Was in a 30 Stories in 30 Days Challenge Linda Kowalchek

I’m 35 and Just Learning To Love Music Now Lindsay Rae Brown

Why You Can’t Do What You Want Louie J. Solo

3 Negative Experiences That Show The End Of Customer Service Lucia Landini

What Toast Teaches Us About Cooking Without Recipes Luciano Vizza

5 Things that Netflix’s Enola Holmes Movie Awakened In Me Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)

How to Fill the Void with Poetry Marcus

Changing FAST To SLOW At Break-Neck Speed Maria Rattray

One-Lined Poem: Happiness (#31) Melanie J.

Rowing Against the Storm Michael Horner

If You’re Overwhelmed Michael Patanella

Mastering These 7 Skills Will Let You Have Your Own Publication Misbah Ul Haq Syed

One More Birthday in Prison More Than Our Crimes

My Students’ Reflections Ms Fischer

When The Right to Own Guns Trumps The Right to Live Mukundarajan V N

Iphone 13 Rumored to Get a Significantly Larger Battery — Especially the Large Model Mustapha El Hajj

A Token Naomi Leila

How to Avoid the Trap of Survivorship Bias Nathan McHugh

Crowdfunding for Writers Neera Mahajan

It Took Me a Year and a Half to Read the Complete “Harry Potter” Series Noah Nelson

4 Life Lessons from ‘The Great British Baking Show’ on Netflix Patricia Dillon, J.D.

We Paid Off $75,000 in Debt in 24 Months Patricia Rosa

Why it’s Dangerous that Technology Has Made so Many Nerds so Powerful Paul Abela, MSc

Where Does Space Begin? Paul Coogan

What I Found After a Week of Taking Surveys Paul Kim

How To Explain Ideas So People Want To Listen To You Prince Verma

Why the Fight of Faith (5 of 5): To reign as Kings & Priests on earth. pst tomowo

For Better Video Calls — Lean Back! Rafi T

To My Soul Riaz Laskar

Individualism, Collectivism, and Vaccine Hesitancy Riri Rites

It Doesn’t Matter If DOCTOR WHO Has Crappy Costumes and Bad Special Effects. Robbie Sheerin

Spring: A Time of Renewal in Life #2 Roger Himes Esquire

Feeling Lost? Rose Lee

I Lost a Friend to Covid Today Roselin Minj

Bankruptcy to BMW Rowen Quinn

Your Soulmate is out there Rugile Tachtamisevaite

Medium Continues to Dish out Bonuses for Writers Sajjad Choudhury

Sincerely Sakari Lacross

Solutions for Emotional Eating for Midlife Women: Do You Have Permission to Listen to your Body? Sally Bartlett

Love and Talent Sean F Corbin

The End of Books Shawn Ingram

Truck’n in a Round-of-Racism Skippy von Alte Welt

Analysis of Musician’s Dystonia Stefan Bernhard

Day Tripping: June 3 Stuart Englander

Why You Shouldn’t ‘Just Be Yourself’ Tahlia Asinate

Why We Shouldn’t Stop To Dream Like Children Talking Nina

How Continuous Line Art Can Improve Your Mental Health Tammy Shoo

An Interesting Proof for an Afterlife?? Tavian Jean-Pierre

I Just Got a “June Member List Bonus of $100” from Medium. I hope you got this bonus too. Terry Mansfield

Why so many Trump supporters crave apocalyptic bloodshed Terry Trueman

Dear Love The Orange Gildersleeve

Seattle Restaurant Adapts to Changing Times Tree Langdon

An Honest Interview With My Son Trista Signe Ainsworth

Young People Should Start Compounding As Soon As Now Vincent Ong

Listening To Birds In A Park W. Cahraman

Echoes Calling out In Time Warren Brown

Remember: The Best Writers Are Always Authentic Zane Fleming

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