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Hand-Picked Articles #19
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Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION
Five Valuable Life Lessons from a Filipino Elderly Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Is Sophia Pregnant Already? Dr Mehmet Yildiz
What Are The Actual Effects of Meditation on Your Physical Body? Viktor Marchev
Top 7 Bizarre Job Market Myths Everyone Believes In Denys Opria
Spreading Love To Make Someone’s Day Happy Dr. Preeti Singh
Please Take An Outdoor Walk This Holiday Christyl Rivers, Phd.
Using YouTube Creatively and Productively Illumination YouTube Coordinator
5 Reasons You Should NOT Move To Spain Livia Dabs RN,MSc
Gratitude Qadir Abdus-Sabur, Ph.D.
What Does Serving Have to Do With Joy? Bill Abbate
Meet Chelsea Mandler MAT
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Mistakes & Failures Should be Classed as Wins in Your Life Ange Dim
Sleep Science, How to Sleep Productively Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Sometimes Missing Girls Are Found Alive Floyd Mori
Why you are disappointed inside Pushpender Yadav
After One Year of Cancer Treatment, My Mom is Now in Remission Khadejah
Lonely, Not Alone Tarun Gupta
Jimmy’s Not Here This Year Brooke Ramey Nelson
13 Ways to Prevent Overwhelm in 2022 You, Me and Happiness
10 Brutal Truth about Life That Needs to Be Said Jessey Anthony
How I Make Traditional Trifle for Christmas Carol Price
Othering Is Creeping Into the Western World, and It Must Be Addressed Charlie Lukas
7 Things You Need To Stop Being Happy About James Raven
My Top 3 Tips For Frequent Travelers October J.
Follow the Shoreline Roxanne Barbour
Ten Practical Steps Fixed Lucy’s Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How To Sound Confident When Speaking Felix Otoo
If you Drive for Uber Full Time Don’t Use your Own Car…Rent One! Kristen Kay Brady
Make $100k A Month YouTube Videos Are Full of Sh*t Personal Growth Lodge
The surprising secret to creating a controversy Tree Langdon
Save Yourself From Excessive Personal Branding Elisa Álvarez
Lots of Stuff for the Holidays John Ross
Wave Christmas Back Amy Christie
What’s To Say About a Tub? A Lot Skippy von Alte Welt
Weeping Sobs Randy Shingler
Be a Vessel To Expand the Light During this Holiday Season. Lady Jhershierra
Why Christmas Is Becoming the Worst Time of Year Tavian Jean-Pierre
Do You Know Something Incredible That You Are Continually Missing? Tasneem H Yousuff
Just Cos it’s Happening Doesn’t Mean it’s Happening to You. Frank T Bird
The World’s Largest Meditation Center: Swarved Mahamandir Shriwant Choudhary
How to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions Danielle Ramaekers
Why My Husband & I Love to Travel? Crystal Mathews
Resolution 2022: When It Comes to Clutter, I’m Clueless; What I Can Do Is Surrender Marilyn Flower
What My Sudden Fascination with Keanu Reeves Taught me About Authenticity Bridie Dillon
Think Thinker: Getting Down to the Process, Not the content of Thinking Alejandro Betancourt
Want To Create More. Consume Less? Janice Lizabeth
Are You A Polymath, Philomath, or a Genius? Brett Millan
What do Medium and Fascists Have in Common? Marcus
A lesson from the Turpin sisters on why we need each other LJWriter
Mirror Suma Narayan
12 Steps for Stupidity Paul Coogan
This Bad Writing Habit Could Cost You Thousands Or More! Attila Vágó
Cumberland Gap: A family history Judy Owens
A Cure For Blindness Jim McAulay🍁
The windy paintbrush Jay aware
How to Make Money with Mobile Phones and Amazon Jason Aro
Long-term Freelance Success Relies on Diversification Patricia Haddock
You Will Be Profoundly Affected By The Birth of True AI Patrick OConnell
A quick reference guide on how to write effectively Ashfaq Framewala
Hello Medium, Nobody’s Home James Beaufait
“Every Age is the Best Age” Alicia Lee Colasurdo
You May Not Be A Monk, But Here’s What They Know About The Morning Mary Liga
Complete Guide to NFT Marketing and Promotion 2022 David K.
How to Distinguish a Deep Longing from All your Desires? Andrea María Portal Ruiz
Forward: Perfect Nicole Dreyer
For This New Day I. Trudie Palmer
Spiritual Mastery of Year’s End (Part 1) Blair Abee
My Top 3 Unusual Holiday Movies Jeff Herring
2021 In Review J.R. Heimbigner
A Conversation in a Dark Tower Between the Creator of Frankenstein, Genghis Khan, and Will Rogers… Regina Clarke
When you’re Homeless, Invisibility is a Survival Skill Lawson Wallace
I Gave Someone The Clap Francesco Rizzuto
Keep Calm Asteroid 4660 Nereus is Shooting Wide Rui Alves
Little White Lies Melinda Blau
Too Good To Be True? You Are Worthy of Love! Above The Middle
Why do we always have to say yes to everyone? A habit or a choice? Maximus
James Bond Victor Bhaura
5 Signs You’re Going to Live To Be 200 Years Old Dave Lane
Two Tools to Strengthen your Reader Dialog John Couper
The Best Predictor for Your Happiness Eduard Sebastian
Why Should You Write For Publications On Medium? Sara Marium
What it Feels Like to Be 43. Louise
6 Reasons Why Vienna Is the Best Place To Spend the Christmas Period Nina Greimel
Meet Sumera Rizwan
Meet Brooklyn Muse
Tough Is a State of Mind David Ferrers
Picture of You Little Monster
How to Improve Your (Social) Health With a Cookie Exchange! Irene Fassler
7 Super Easy New Year’s Resolutions With Major Impact EllenEastwood
What If Shakespeare Wrote on Medium? Nathan Ferido
How To Attract Money With Your Vibrational Energy Jaja Requa
Explicit Orders H.D. Ingles
5 Creative Ways I Use Evernote that Keeps Me Productive Anshul Kumar
12 Days of Christmas or 12 Days of Yule Diana Lotti
Sober Sisters Sonia Kahlon
HAPPY HOLIDAYS Rowen Quinn
An Open Letter to Democratic Candidates Running for Office Now and in 2022: Laura Mohsene
Widows Walk A Difficult Path — Move Forward Or Stay In Grief — Both Face Backlash Chrissie Marie Massey
Being A Science Communicator Sucks Jaebien Rosario
My Favorite Moroccan Dishes Nora
Part I: Seeing With Cross Eyes Bonni Brodnick
Stephen Kristen Kay Brady
2021 — A Year in the Making of Something Both Devastating and Magical Ange Dim
Win Money at the Casinos Brian Dickens Barrabee
In answer to a question, you’ve all been asking Harry Hogg
The Benefits Of A Dedicated Workspace When Working Remotely Samantha Scott
What if Medium Quit? Audrey Malone
Don’t Let the News Cycle Ruin Your Christmas Brad Creech
How Hulu’s “Dopesick” Painted A Picture Of The Opioid Crisis Mitchell Kay
Avoid These 4 Things If You Want to Be A Successful Freelancer Tracey
Should You Give Your Children Their Inheritance Early? Bebe Nicholson
How To Go From the Christmas Scrooge to a Gift-giving Superstar Matt Inman
Do you know why you go on vacation? geozee
Synastry: The Loving Alexandria Roswick
Is Staying At Your Friends’ House A Good Option When You Travel? TRAVEL STORIES BY GABE
7 Characteristics of Healthy Relationships Jennifer March, MS
Here’s A Small Productivity Secret For You A. Hamzeh
How Tim Denning Helped Me to Grieve Janice Lizabeth
The U.S Congress Should Pass the Build Back Better Act Like They’re Poor Travis Truong
Your Fear May Be Keeping You From Seeing The Signs Deborah Holmén
Stay Ahead Of The Curve! Thobekile Moyo
Why gratitude is important to everyone and some of the myths about practicing ? ZEN
The Golden Rule is a lie… And so are Most of the Others Savytech articles
The Evolution of the Cinematic Hero Paul Coogan
Covid Christmas Marketa Zvelebil
Things I Got Totally (and Hilariously)Wrong Misty Rae
To People with Backgrounds: I Work on a Professional Employment Team Joshua J. Lyon
So It’s Christmas Time. Even With Compromised Health You CAN Still Eat And Feel Great. Maria Rattray
How To Avoid Being Stuck In A Job You Don’t Enjoy Dave Richards
A Night in the ER Zach Merkling
The Epidemic of Ageism in Today’s Hiring Process Christina Szeman
You Are a Flower Scott Edgar
Digging Through Medium Is Like Digging Through Music Crates Ian Rush
She, Herself Jack McDaniel
5 Life Principles to Share with 20-Somethings (Hopefully When they Ask) Kathryn Eriksen
How Flying a Kite Teaches Me to Lead My Life Andrey Pilipets
China has just gone the way of Japan during WWII David Cenicola, M.Ed.
Poverty Runs Deep America Zed⚡
The Rule of Self Love Brajendra Kumar
In The Realm Of Threads Iva Hotko
I Quit Writing Online for 1 Year Mariana F.
Christmas in Asia Is a Weird Experience Mike Lewis
Your New Year Resolutions Are All Wrong Brian Wright
Your Environment Is Everything Sophie Founé
Being Lonely Is Great: 8 Signs That You Are Content With Solitude Terence Kong
The Dogmatic Image of Thought Tomas Byrne
Get Over Your Ex In 72 Hours Toyin Zuleiha
We’re Hurtling Toward Another Trump Presidency in 2024 Alexander Ziperovich
Tips On How to Plan a Vacation on a Budget ASHLEY CARINO 🌻
Are Cryptocurrencies Green? Clarisse Cornejo
The Mother Of Us DMTakeshi
Can We Control Our Dream? Gokhan Yalcuk
Listening To That Quiet Voice That Knows Everything Ilana Rabinowitz
Over 800 Followers in 38 Days! Cynthia Chan
Why Die Hard is the Best Holiday Film Judson Hurd
There’s a Special Place in Hell for Those Who Abuse the Elderly Julius Evans
Dear Medium, Please Do This One Thing to Improve the Platform Malky McEwan
Breaking Out Of Victimhood Morten Jensen
Small Towns Are Best Ms Fischer
4 Harsh Truths You Should Accept About College Murtaza Ali
The Miracle Of Everything Nicholas T Jackson
Coaching and Yogic Koshas Payal Koul
A Hot Tip To Maximise Earnings From Your Writing Penny Grubb
For everyone who loves to suggest: Please do your homework before suggesting SURYASH KUMAR
You Can Have it All! Sylvia Dziuba
I Learned More About the Internet When I Went Offline for a Week. Pratik Thapa
My Turn with The Happy Bright Travelling Books Sandra Pawula
3 Amazing Things That Happened When I Stopped Watching TV Shannon Piérre
7 Easy side hustles for up to $700/hour Shu Hasegawa
7 Ways to Show Gratitude This Holiday Season Stephen Fischer
Inflation is Spiking, So Investors Are Seeking Ways to Survive Mark Hake
How does the vaccine protect me? Marketa Zvelebil
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