Editor’s Choice
Hand-Picked Articles #125
Chosen by a content curator of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium

Dear Readers and Writers,
We curated informative and engaging pieces from creative and experienced writers covering multiple topics for your enjoyment.
Thank you for your support and meaningful engagement. We appreciate your time to read these great stories.
Contributors of Illumination are grateful for your inspiring feedback and reactions to interesting stories shared in collection #124 posted before.
Here is the link for those who might have missed the previous collection.
We hope you find valuable stories from this selected list. We believe there is something for everyone. Enjoy!
We include introduction to new writers and writer related stores are at the end of this post. Let’s welcome new contributors.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today

TMG Supplementation Improved Four Health Conditions for Steve (Scientist and Bodybuilder) Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How to Reduce Abdominal Fat and Increase Lean Muscles with Two Practical Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
I’ve Been Asked to Teach a Class of Stanford Students — And I Feel Dirty About It Tim Denning
Taco Bell’s Tacky, Awful Idea That Actually Works Sean Kernan
7 Things You Might Not Want to Hear But Almost Certainly Need to Hear Ayodeji Awosika
4 Life Lessons We Can All Learn From The French David Gerken
Why the Opposite of America Looks Like Happiness Anastasia Frugaard
Co-inky-dink I say Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.
The Best Way to Overcome Rejection and Get Published Rui Alves
How Writers and Bloggers Transition to Become Published Authors ILLUMINATION-Curator
Sometimes people make unfair assumptions about another individual. Dr. Deborah M. Vereen-Family Engagement Influencer
Suth’nahs Author, D. Denise Dianaty
Top 5 AI Jobs and the Key Skills Required to Land One Douis Med, PhD
Improve Your Attitude by Taking 5 Minutes to Recognize the Good Stuff in Your Life Chris Schwilk, Ph.D.
This Interesting Thing Happens When an Empath Abandons a Narcissist Melissa Kalt, MD
Reduce Your Stress Now Dr. Stacey Maples
Reduce Your Stress Now
Summary of techniques you can practice now for improved resiliency
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Digital Nomad Cures Aches and Pains with a 25 cent Coin in Bali Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.
Three Tips to Boost Nitric Oxide and Lower Heart Disease/Stroke Risks Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Secret to a Life of Happiness Bill Abbate
Dwell in a Song Amy Christie
123 Magic! Tricks with Writer Tags Andrew Rodwin
Worst Career Coach Ever Adam Ross Nelson
Hand-Picked Articles #83 Technology Hits
Do You Need to Recharge? Bob Jasper
Should I get a personal loan if I’m on unemployment?- Bright Bright Money
Hand-Picked Articles #84 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
5 Items Under $100 You Need While Traveling Bryan Dijkhuizen
3 Visualisations for Calm in Your Life Carl Poland
Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01 ILLUMINATION-Curator
FAT Out Loud Cristina Comunian
Animal Hoarding: Recognizing the Signs of Kindness Gone Awry Deborah Camp
Will Netflix Come To A Blockbuster End? Deva
Will Netflix Come To A Blockbuster End?
The real reason behind Netflix’s 30% stock plunge
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In the pursuit of happiness Dimitra Manta
Spread the Word Elizabeth Emerald
Do You Really Have to Tell Everyone — When You Do Something Good? D J Hopkins
The Will Slap ElizaBeth Hill
I Gained 240+ Medium Subscribers In 1 Month and I Did 1 Thing For That Elna Cain
The Beauty Of Pebble Beach Floyd Mori
It’s So Easy to Fall in Love and So Hard to Heal a Broken Heart Gaby Spadaro
The Kids, The Beatles, and The Bee Gees Gauri Sirur
The Stranger Geoffrey Gevalt
What Music Do You Choose for Record Store Day? Francesco Carrubba
Did Nikola Tesla Time Travel? Gökhan Yalcuk
Curated Collection #114 ILLUMINATION
Jacinta’s Spring Blossoms Jacinta Palmer
Jacinta’s Spring Blossoms
How writing is expanding my horizons plus building my community
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The Worst Kind of Cinderella Story Jessica M.
We’re either growing or dying. There is no in between. John Cunningham
Mike Tyson, Millennials, and the Machinations of “Fuck Around and Find Out” Jeffrey Harvey
Why I Won’t Write an About Me Story Johnny T Page
The Downside of Creativity Karen Remick
Hand-Picked Articles #123 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
The Moment Kyomi O’Connor
Cool Stories for 4/10/22 to 4/23/22 Lawson Wallace
Read The Bill-It’s Here — Know the Facts of The Disney Debacle Kurt Dillon
Did Fear of Fatphobia Accusation Kill Teen Boy on Ride? Lorrae - Loving My AUTISTRY
Greetings, Green-Eyed Monster! Maggie Q. Collins
Ikebana’s Beauty Lies in its Simple and Assessible Philosophy Marianne O
How Is Your Work Ethic? Marsha Hamby Savage
The Day Medrik Minassian
Faith & The Athiest Misty Rae
Why Are We Afraid of Being Alone? Mukundarajan V N
Are You Nice Enough? Naouress Akrouti
Socialism Ms Fischer
Bill Gates Exposed: He Is Short Selling the Stock Of Tesla Napoleon
Stephen King’s advice for writers Nasar Karim
No, You Don’t Have to Be a Morning Person to Be Productive and Successful Nicole Linke
What You Don’t Know About Aboriginal Women Nora
Are You Living Your Life, or Are You Living Your Fears? Patricia Haddock
Teens, Food, and the Empty Fridge: Nick Stockton
Death in the Russian Oligarchy Paul Coogan
Day 12: Depression And Dependence Pain Paul Neathery
Ways of Chance — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
Walk Of Shame Roxy Wright
The More I step Into My Grace, the More Grace I naturally Give to Others Rudi Xega 🇦🇱
The Distraction of Taking Action Scott Leonardi
The Distraction of Taking Action
Pull your focus from where you’re going to where you are
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If I am alive, I will be a burden Shwetoski
Writing Tips that’ll Drive More Readers to Your Content Sarvam Fating
Only Nitrogen For You Sir Sohail
Festive Suntonu Bhadra
Hand-Picked Articles #83 Technology Hits
The Good Daughter Terry Dip
How I Lost 12kg in 12 Weeks and How You Can Do It Too Tony Angermann
Karma Ulf Wolf
Hand-Picked Articles #84 Technology Hits
Here’s Who Is Actually Winning The Brutal War In Ukraine Vinay Mehta
What One Thing Gives Your Life Meaning and Purpose? Mary Beth Hazeldine
If I Had Another Chance to Live in the Modern World, I’d Reinvest in Five Skills. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Five Things Women Can Do To Prevent Hair Loss As They Age Ange Dim
Touchdown! Sulforaphane Scores Another One! Lisa Manzer
7 Reasons You May Be Procrastinating When You Should Be Getting Things Done Divad Sanders
Is It Possible To Fall In Love With Someone You Have Never Met? Bella Smith
How to Meet Single Men: 8 Tips for Meeting a Man in Your Area Qasim Adam
Mental Wellness: Our Brain Health Dave Smith
How to Relieve Lower Back Pain — Your Ultimate Guide to Bounce Back Fast in 2022 Danielle Cousin
Three Tips to Optimize Cortisol to Melt Belly Fat and Keep Lean Muscles Dr Mehmet Yildiz
What Is Hyper-Automation? How Does It Help? A Nkeonye Judith Izuka-Aguocha
What Is Hyper-Automation? How Does It Help?
RPA and AI will create new job opportunities.
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Why We Should Stop Expecting Kids to Go To College Alan Simpson
The Many Facets To Puerta Vallarta, Mexico. Jennifer Thompson
Imposter Syndrome Won’t Get Me This Time! Kristen Abram
What to Know About Sitting to Burn Calories Jessey Anthony
In Honor Of You Phenomenal Women KL Simmons
Mindfulness: The Power to Change Your Life KnowledgeCollective
GRIT Brooklyn Muse
Nature Heals: How This Therapist Uses Ecotherapy to Help Her Clients Heal Adrienne O’Brien LMT
Use These 3 Chrome Extensions To Get Better Medium Stats Bryan Dijkhuizen
Is It Better To Be Blue Than To Get Over You? Craig Hellier
Video Summary of “How to Reduce Visceral Fat and Increase Brown Fat with Two Practical Steps” Illumination YouTube Coordinator
I’m Crazy, Who Else Is Willing To Admit It? Jerry Pompilio
I’m Crazy, Who Else Is Willing To Admit It?
Now I disclosed it, and now I can control it.
medium.com
You Want To Change Cristina Cattai
How Town: A Prose Poem Cliff Hightower
10 Things You May Not Know About Me Dr. Preeti Singh
Traumatic Memories of Home Invasion by Thieves Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Hand-Picked Articles #83 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
How Writers and Bloggers Transition to Become Published Authors ILLUMINATION-Curator
10 Things You May Not Know About Me Dr. Preeti Singh
Curated Collection #113 ILLUMINATION
ILLUMINATION Book Chapters Collections
Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01 ILLUMINATION-Curator
Hand-Picked Book Chapters #01 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
Sample Collections by ILLUMINATION
Sample ILLUMINATION-Curated Collections
ILLUMINATION Gaming Publication
If you missed the announcement of our new publication by Illumination Gaming, here is the link.
We look forward to your stories in ILLUMINATION Gaming.
Featured Writers of ILLUMINATION
ILLUMINATION editors feature writers to bring them, new readers. We will introduce more writers contributing to our publications soon. In the meantime, you might check out selected stories of these great storytellers.
Meet Dr. Gabriella Kőrösi on Medium Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi
Meet Melinda Blau Melinda Blau
Meet Cliff Hightower: Cliff Hightower
Meet Joan Gershman Joan Gershman
Meet Don Martin Don Martin
Please take the opportunity to explore the stories of these writers and support them with meaningful engagement.
Curated Writer Bios
You might also feature yourself by posting a writer bio like the stories in the attached collection that I compiled. We distribute them to our subscribers.
Curated Writer Bios
Learn about contributing writers of ILLUMINATION written by their pen
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Reading Club
ILLUMINATION-Curator introduced our new Reading Club. If you are a Medium member and don’t have writer access to our publications or Slack, you may request via this weblink.
We will add you to our Slack workspace upon approval of your writer application. We will also feature some of those shared stories in the club in our upcoming collections. So you may link your stories to the Reading Club channel on the Slack workspace.
We look forward to your participation.
Meet Interviewed Writers
Recently we interviewed Lawson Wallace and Dr. Preeti Singh.
An Interview with Dr. Preeti Singh
An Interview with Lawson Wallace
Collection of Interviewed Writers
Attached is a collection of interviews conducted by our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz in the attached collection.
If you want to be interviewed, you can contact Dr. Yildiz on Illumination Slack workspace.
Writing Prompts and Challenges
Our prolific writers might consider joining these writing challenges to find new readers and increase their reading times.
100 Day Challenge For New Writers
Invitation To A Writing Challenge
1,000 Short Posts in 100 Days
If writers participate in these challenges, they might increase the chance of becoming a top writer in three months.
How to Become a Top Writer in Three Months on Medium
Besides, if one of your stories goes viral, you can earn a significant income. So it is a good idea to increase the chance of viral stories by following key rules. Dr Yildiz analyzed the viral stories and shared his findings.
What I Learned by Reviewing 100+ Viral Articles in 2021
Guiding Stories for New Writers
Dr Mehmet Yildiz posted an article about being a prolific writer as a full-time worker. I believe writers can learn from his model and experience.
He also guides new writers to increase their views and reading times answering frequently asked questions by new writers.
Introduction to New Writers
Dear New Writers,
I added your account today as Illumination editors are swamped.
The quality and style of your stories are important for our readers.
Let’s welcome the new writers who join us today.
Heaven’s Healthy Healing, Pritika Rao, Samba Seck, Aurore, Hotei marketing, Aleid ter Weel, Lauren Cervantes, Claire Gem, Tracy, Dr. Nandrolone, Ph.D., Ömer Faruk Atici, Joseph Godwin,
Let’s also give a warm welcome to recently joined writers. Some of them have already posted their first articles. Let’s support their content!
Liz Brinks, Megan Brown, Rania Alj, TGM, Daniel Mesa, Chany Zagury, Francesco Andreoli, Vandana Hettiaratchi, Sneha Luhana, Jennifer Kelley, TB Obwoge, Sheri Jacobs, Ashlie Cross, Sebastian, Laurence, Ashley Evon Moore, Kunal Mehra, P.A.U.L.A,
Meet New Writers Joined When This Collection Posted by ILLUMINATION
Let’s welcome these relatively new writers and explore their stories by clicking on the profile links below. Some of them already contribute to our publications.
Shayan Hamza, Retire Early In Mexico, Mrigank Singh, Steve Devine, Samson Writing, Urwa Nasrullah, Kramagne, Mehedi Hasan Shawon, Aditya Mahale, Terry Dip, Invillea Writings, Richard William Smith, M. A. Neeper, Dhawal Kapil, Ganiyu oshidipe.
The key consideration for new contributors is to review the onboarding pack quickly, as it includes publication-specific information for a smooth transition. I attached it below.
As a benefit of fast publishing, your stories will start earning income and finding more readers quickly.
Please caption your photos and ensure that that they are not copyrighted: either belong to you or from free sources. Not captioning and using copyrighted photos waste our editors’ precious time and cause delays in publishing your stories.
Please Note that not captioning images and using copyrighted photos will lead to rejection of stories.
ILLUMINATION provided guidance to new writers on collection #128.
We are sorry for the publishing delays. Thank you for your understanding and patience. Your stories will be published eventually.
You may also consider self-publishing as we accept them. However, draft submissions might bring more readers so it is up to you.
ILLUMINATION accepts both draft and self-published stories. But, editors give priority to drafts as these stories need to find readers waiting in the queue for a while.
Let’s Meet Our Editors Who Publish These Stories
The following stories cover the profiles of our volunteer editors.
These volunteer editors are the ones reviewing and publishing the stories in these collections. They are from various time zones clearing the publication queue on their precious time daily.
Meet Dr Mehmet Yildiz — Dr Mehmet Yildiz Chief Editor and Owner
Helpful References for New Writers
New writers might check out these stories as they are designed to guide them.
Starter Kit for Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION
Helpful Guides for All Contributors
Guiding Posts on our Publications
Publication-related stories can be accessed via this collection.
Onboarding Pack for New Writers
New writers, please read this pack before submitting your stories.
Meet Editors of Our Publications
Introducing Writers Bios
Curated Writer Bios
Learn about contributing writers of ILLUMINATION written by their pen
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Updates from Euphoria
Publications by Our Writers on Medium
Illumination Fiction Club
Invitation to ILLUMINATION YouTube Channel
Invitation to Write for ILLUMINATION on YouTube Publication
Invitation to Potential Writers
If you wish to join Illumination Integration publications, please send a request via this link.
We will help you gain visibility and succeed as a top writer on Medium. Please point out the publication name with your Medium account ID in the request.
If you are new to Medium, you can join via this link. Readers can read thousands of stories, and writers may monetize self-published content.
As our chief editor, Dr Mehmet Yildiz says “opportunities are endless on this platform”.






