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Curated Articles from ILLUMINATION Publications
Six Reasons I Feel Younger and Healthier as I Get Older. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Here Is How I Defeated Chronic Inflammation via 9 Lifestyle Habits. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Incredibly Talented People Think They’re Stupid Tim Denning
Nonattachment: The Big Kahuna of Spirituality — So Hard, but so Worth the Work David Gerken
We’ve All Done Things We Regret But There’s a Way We Can Permanently Move On Ayodeji Awosika
Sometimes people make unfair assumptions about another individual. Dr. Deborah M. Vereen-Family Engagement Influencer
Why did I feel the Mystic Presence? Can anyone explain? I’m still shaken. Tara Desai PhD
What Mental Health Really IS Dr. Ojuolape Kuti
New Divorce Registries Help Those Who Lose Their Stuff to Their Ex Natalie Frank, Ph.D.
Honest? I do not think it means what you think it means Ellen Clardy, PhD
Meet Dr Michael Heng on YouTube
4 Free Online Courses That Improved My Life Matt Lillywhite
Why Moving to the (Almost) Happiest Country on Earth Won’t Make You Happier Anastasia Frugaard
My laziest week this year made me over $2,700 — Here’s how Jenn Leach
4 Steps To Crush Debt in the Most Pleasurable Way Possible Max Mask, BSc, MBA.
7 Positive Actions You Can Take Today For a Better You A A F
3 Signs of Relationship Dependency Above The Middle
A Tale of Rejection Adam Hrankowski, ADHD
A Letter From Barack Obama Regarding Medium After Recent Makeover Amy Sea
Indonesia: The Current Condition on Gender-Based Violence during COVID-19 Pandemic Boedi Andriani Ontowiryo
3 Beautiful Presents For Love of My Life Andrey Pilipets
Five Ways to Increase the State of Flow & Lead a More Fulfilling Life Ange Dim
Jokes And One-Liners Bogdan Munteanu
Too deep to understand Bolanlejesu Akinola
5 Science-Backed Principles For Successful Lifelong Learning Brian Curtin
Dear Friday … Brooklyn Muse
How to Earn Money With Free Products Burk
The Unexpected Reason Why Freedom From Limitation Doesn’t Give You More Freedom Chad Gates
I Was Always Dreaming Of My Forever Home Chasing Dreams
Tomorrow is Another Day Christina Sponias
Here’s What Happened on One-Meal-a-Day After 15 Years. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Great Pronoun Debate Christina Szeman
Sports Rorts, Car Park Rorts, now a Reef Rort? DC Crawford
What do roads have in common with your career? EVERYTHING! Divya Yerraguntla
On Being Part of the Gang Don Martin
Stop treating your followers as numbers Eduard Sebastian
Please Read This Before You Fire Someone Eduardo Remolins
Still in Shock: Say WHAT??? Elizabeth Emerald
Why Are Some Fundraising Campaigns So Successful? Floyd Mori
Does listening to the radio still interest anyone? Francesco Carrubba
Self-Will Frank Ontario
Why Is Success So Elusive? Will You Really Deserve What You Want? Gregory Reece-Smith
10 Sneaky Signs Your Man Is Cheating On You Growth Lodge
Dark Nights and Bright Mornings I. Trudie Palmer
How To Ask and Write Brilliant Recommendations Ilam Padmanabhan
Why I Don’t Want a Second Child Anymore Iris B. Stehn
Humble Iva Hotko
Pronouns: People Can Refer to Themselves However They’d Like Jaja Requa
21 Income Streams from One Article Jeff the Content Coach
Morning Pages is the Best Workout for Shaping those Creative Muscles Joel Selby
This Is How You Make Things Worse By Forcing Yourself On This World Jonathan Peykar
Crime and Punishment is The Worst Book Ever Jonathan Tasman
The Dream of Truly Passive Income on Medium Jordan Mendiola
10 Tips From Ray Bradbury to Help You Become a Better Writer Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez
MLK’s Gun Battle with Bayard Rustin Jpharoahdoss
How ‘Sleep’ Helped Me Recover in a Time of COVID Julius Evans
Barry Bonds Omission From the Hall of Fame is a Travesty! Justin Stinnett
I’ve Added The Blood, Sweat and Tears — All I Need is Your Heart Karen Schwartz
Realm of Quarkopolis — Chapter 2 Kathy K
Fiction Friday Served Hot And Fresh For You To Devour KL Simmons
Become A Top Writer For Simily And Rank On Page One On Google Kristina God
There’s 3 Kinds of Friends When You Do Personal Development Lewis Jones
How To Access Your Inner Strength and Overcome Anything Liberty Forrest, Author
Why Don’t Some People Know They Have Experienced Childhood Trauma? Lily Hale
Are You Sick of that Boy Yelling into the Megaphone? Lorrae - Loving My AUTISTRY
Sketching stories for 2022 LucianoSphere
In Praise of Laze M. Bernard Bloom
Investing in yourself might be the best kind of investing. Magnus Arveng
Hormonal Effects of Covid-19 Virus Dr Mehmet Yildiz
I’m Going Into Labor Any Day Now, and I Don’t Care if My Healthcare Team Is Unvaccinated. Maria FS
Captured And Sent To Auschwitz — A True Story Marie A. Rebelle
Writing Ideas are Literally Everywhere Mary Anne Hahn
What Are You Waiting For? Until It’s Too Late? Mike Lewis
Mummy’s “Little” Special Boy Mila
Teaching Ms Fischer
If They Let Me Write Anything, it Would be This… NEBOH
Dealing With My First Job Search Nkeonye Judith Izuka-Aguocha
Sugar Paradox: Key to Solve Metabolic and Mental Health Disorders Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How Kind Are You? Nona Nicklin
The book that will make you finally get started on pretty much anything Noran Azmy
CAPSIZED Kubernetes Obsidian Eagle
Online Writing Markets: Get Paid Up To 7,000.00 For An Article Pamela Kazmierczak
Your Best Strategies To Instantly Connect With Strangers Patrick OConnell
9 Tips to Make Your Monthly Budget on a Tight Schedule Prasanniya
5 Ridiculously Annoying Things About Living in The U.S.A Pratik Thapa
Why Do Men Cheat? Here Are the Real Reasons Why Men Commit Infidelity Qasim Adam
In Need Of Slumber Ravyne Hawke
Halley’s Comet — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
The Best Reason to Lead a Digital Nomad Lifestyle: You’ll Love It! Sara Marium
Could 2.5 Degrees of Global Warming Be a Better Target Than 1.5 Degrees? Schalk Cloete
Dopamine Detox: Why We Should All Do It. Shea Cummings
3 Awesome Sites Where You Can Publish Your Ebook For Free! Shea Hulse
5 Weird Side Hustles To Make Money in 2022 Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Honey. Trapped. Suma Narayan
A Beautiful House at the Corner of My Town Suntonu Bhadra
You mustn’t go against nature or else you can pay the price for it SURYASH KUMAR
Morning Pages: Memories Bring Joy in the Midst of Pain Suzanne Paschall
How You Can Have Great Conversations [New Study, 2021] Syed A. Idrees
How I Found Comfort in Being Misunderstood Tavian Jean-Pierre
Northern Ireland and the Importance of Peace TheTravelAgents
Too Much or Too Little of Anything Can Be Harmful Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Disturbing Case of Missing 3 Year Old Lina Sardar Khil. Tina Viju
Power Tomas Byrne
How to Triage Your Personal Finance When You Have No Money Travis Weston
The Holy Trinity of Writing Tree Langdon
Pickles are Toxic! TruHealth by Kasara
I Don’t Care Veronika Kaufmann
The Importance of National Holocaust Day Vickie Trancho
Ballooning Over Paris — 1890 Victoria Ponte
Walking the Worlds Edges Vitale Pilskalns
I Was Published in India’s Biggest Science Magazine 2 Years Ago. I’m 15 Vritant Kumar
`How to Help Someone You Love Cope With Depression Wendi Gordon
If You Are Writing on Medium You Are a Capitalist Wes Putnam
Star Athletes And Their Mates William (Dollar Bill) Mersey
The greatness of The Great British Baking Show Franchise: Sweetness and Diversity Y. Vue
How to Consistently Bring Your A-Game! You, Me and Happiness
Three Tips to Improve Cardiovascular Health Dr Mehmet Yildiz
I’m Thrilled to Become a Medium Member Today. Illumination Gaming
How To Learn A New Language In 2022 Matt Lillywhite
Collateral Damage Aasha Krishnan
Horse on the Crossroad Agnes Laurens
Most embarrassing memory Aj Bhardwaj
4 Simple yet Forgotten Tips That Lead You Towards a Healthier Life Ange Dim
5 Reasons To Publish Your Poems on Medium Anna Post
Health and Longevity Lessons that I Learned from Centenarians Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Is Two Enough? Annelise Lords
You Faithfully Write Every Day, But Do You Do Backups? AP Carpen
You’re in it for the long run. Tree Langdon
Let’s Talk About Divine Timing April Moons
Room no 348 Mystery: Man Smashed to Death With No Major External Injuries? Aravind Balakrishnan
Should Aaron Rodgers get a Personality Transplant? Brian Dickens Barrabee
When you say to people that you are “Awakened”… Brooklyn Muse
How To Build (((MOMENTUM))) For Your Benefit Carlos Jeronimo
Who Gives It A One-Clap Clap? Cristina Comunian
9 Things You Should Never Do On a First Date Dakota Duncan
The End of My Ability to Mobilize Denise Hedley
What if I’m Neither A Planner Nor A Pantser? Don Martin
How You Can Stop The Mess Behind The Mess Doug Timberlake
Masking Tape Elizabeth Emerald
That Michigan School Shooter Will Use An Insanity Defense Floyd Mori
When smart working seems like a social experiment Francesco Carrubba
Get Through Your Darkest Times By Harnessing The Power Of Spite Carrie Kolar
Were You Always Told to Make Your Bed First Thing in the Morning? Cathy Coombs
7 Rules To Avoid Conflicts And Have True Friends Christina Sponias
The Denning Formula Francesco Rizzuto
Is It Possible To Hold A Job When You Are Constantly On The Search For A New Challenge? Franzi Kinzel
Smoke Gianni Bawn
6 Daily Habits I Use To Live A Healthy Lifestyle Gokhan Yalcuk
Agile Job Changing Greg Billington
Celebrating beautiful Blue Monday Haimish Mead
your crossing Harry Stefanakis
Reverse Aging Impacts of Meditation Hello100
I Was “Slow Faded” by My Best Friend Iris B. Stehn
Drones, Photography, Videography, Censorship, Active Shooter, Writing, and More Jacquelyn Lynn
Curated Collection #131 ILLUMINATION
Writers, we got it made in the shade. Jan Sebastian
Can You See the Holes? Janet Mary Cobb (she/her)
Request Harry Hogg
4 Ways To Safeguard Ourselves From The Unintended Consequences of Our Actions Jason Vu Nguyen
I Stand with Neil Young. And Spotify Jeffrey Harvey
I Divorced My Ex After He Didn’t Buy Me a Latte — Hear Me Out Jen McMorrow
Are You Ready to Commit? Jennifer Smith
Have you ever stopped to consider… John Cunningham
The Battle for our Children’s Attention: Screen Time vs. Everything Else Joseph Atzinger
You Should Always Take Advantage of Being A Cub in the Lion’s Den. Joseph Seifert
My Personal Addiction To Porn Justin Stinnett
Medium Should Be Where We Can Improve Our Writing Katharine Valentino
A Reason To Share Your Writing That No One Talks About Lauren Michaels
10 Perspective-Changing Quotes To Improve Your Mood Immediately Letters from E.K.
Create Your Fabulous eBook With Canva Free Lola Rosario
4 Steps To Take To Write A Nice Goodbye Email To Your Coworkers Lucia Landini
We Are Revolutionary Human Beings, Are You? KL Simmons
5 leadership principles from great leaders Lalatendu Satpathy
Is Online Dating a Cesspool for Narcissists? Lynn Nichols
To Be A Prime Minister You Must Be The Leading Light Of Honesty And Integrity Maria Rattray
You Say You Want a Revolution? Better Start with Your Own Mind Markus Scorelius
In Memory of Thich Nhat Hanh Mary Beth Hazeldine
You want to reach the life you deserve so, become a high achiever. Maximus
Best TV Theme Songs Ever Misty Rae
Don’t Skip Mornings — They Can Set You Free Mofrad Muntasir
Let Me Know How That Goes! Nick Stockton
I Don’t Understand Nicole Barden
How Medium Helped Me Rank My Blog On Google’s First Page Nicole Linke
Broken Thoughts NIDAA
Traveling During This Omicron Wave Was More or Less Like This Nkeonye Judith Izuka-Aguocha
Stop Writing For Just a Second and Read This Noran Azmy
Can’t Sleep. Read this. Nova Richards
3 Online Writing Markets That Pay At Least $100.00 For Articles Pamela Kazmierczak
My Godson Was Only Three When He Went to Heaven Patti Murray Voncannon
How to Make Crispy Hash Browns Paul Coogan
Technical support scammers (and scambaiting) can be a lot of fun Paulo Laureano
Why some people are always happier than you. Peter Hui
This Is How You Make People Instantly Like You Prince Verma
29 Flirting Secrets Everybody Should Know Qasim Adam
How To Start An Online Business From Scratch In 8 Easy Steps Richard Appiah
Cold Lights — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
A Superpower of Highly Successful Leaders Sanket Pai
Nine Months Ago, I Ate Magic Mushrooms — This Is What I Learned Sebastian Hallqvist
How to Get a Liar to Stop Lying and Start Telling the Truth Shannon Piérre
Her Hair Upon the Pillow Sharon Johnson
Even You Can Spread the Wealth Around Sharon Woodhouse
Change your Environment to Spark Innovative Ideas Steve Sponseller
5 Microhabits That Will Completely Transform Your Life This Year Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Cooking with Love Suma Narayan
An Unbelievable Journey The Universe and Life
The Truth About Confronting A Backstabber Tim Dahi
Getting Out of Debt TJ Tann
The Little Cat Hated Me Until He Groomed My Hair into A Cat Spit Helmet Toni Crowe
Lifting the Curse of Portability Upayan Mathkari
Two Approaches to Bring About Change Utpal Kumar
Quarterbacking in The NFL is All About The Eyes Wes Putnam
When They Want Your Opinion William (Dollar Bill) Mersey
The Toxicity in Social Justice Y. Vue
I Left School At The Age Of 12 Zoyii
Let’s welcome the new writers who join us today.
Bjorn Sorensen, Cosmos Walter, Spyros Ierides, CFA, Vikram Sharma, Mar B. Vich, Christie Harrison, Gaylord Clusterduck, Laurent Duperval, Jan Schmitz, Reuben Horowitz, Leo Kahng, Raphael Madu, Lost In Translation, Alexander Semenyuk, EG Deaile, Jacob R. Scott, Isabella, ROBERA DIRIBA, Michelle Esther, Dekera Greene Rodriguez, Hunter Bohm, Cedric Vinebo, Shantanu Kumar, Anatoly Kotlyar, Toni Greathouse, Joseph Carpenter, VIPUL GAUTAM, Maya Borealis, Ishita Jindal, Rupankar M, Rosalyn Morris, Hetul Patel, Bret Itskowitch, Srishti Singh, Juli Writ, Srihari Pramod.
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!
Ulf Wolf, Anastasia, Dheeraj Yadav, Philip Ogley, Jennifer Barrios Tettay, Emmanuel Tejeda, (Max) Loo Pin Mok, Vase X. Holly, Christala Rosina, Shura Hanna, Ginger Liu. M.F.A., Shura Hanna, Stupid Philosophy, Genevieve Hayes, PhD, Catherine Aragon, Ana M. Lopez, Wambui Njuguna, Azhar Shah, Marianne Simon, mind.bubble, Mark Sanford, Ph.D., Jan Carroza, Vee H, Chris Pick, Julianna, Kimberly Carlson Aesara, Arslan Sheraz, Azhar Shah, Elizabeth Raley, Katarzyna Portka, Mary Shambro, Jay Stories, Caleb Weingarten, Ronas IT, Tim Carden, Neil Nkoyock, Christina Costello, Abhishek Sainani, Daphne Peña, Anwesha Mishra, Juan Cienfuegos, Nadeem Aftab, Akhtar Ali, Krishna Patel, Ben Roland, Catherine McNally, Jackie Olsen, Liza Carver, keyda, ax, Alice Christine, Vignesh RS, Hassan Faheem, Shaqib Akram, James Goodman, Nancy Oglesby Wellness, Sudarsan Karki-SuperSudar, This is Sabrina Nicole, BothSides, Julia Dennis, Blockchainerzz, Hassan Faheem, TheConchLife.com, Benazir Albashir, Dhruv Hegde, Pierre Matile, Ashley Hague, Tiffany Ventic, Emma Granha piati, Bernhard Mueller, Sherri Donohue, Jessica H., Glodean Champion, Dianne M. Daniels, Abby R, Lea, Vincent, Dash, Pamela Oglesby, Michael Okafor, Wealthly, Ideas To Grow, Carlos Gonzalez, RAW, srinivasan Metta, Monomit Bhowmik, Julian Lawrence, Trey Natherson, Natalie Wilmet, Fatima Naveed, Alexander Semenyuk. EG Deaile, Bjorn Sorensen, Jacob R. Scott, Lost In Translation, SI-B.
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Helpful References for New Writers
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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
Helpful Guides for All Contributors
Onboarding Pack for New Writers
New writers, please read this pack before submitting your stories.
Guiding Posts on our Publications
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Introducing Writers Bios
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Invitation to Write for ILLUMINATION on YouTube Publication
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Publications by Our Writers on Medium
Why Writers Need Personal Publications
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