Editor’s Choice
Hand-Picked Articles #199
Chosen by the content curators of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
Today, we selected educative and inspiring stories from ILLUMINATION and a few from other publications.
This collection covers eclectic stories in various writing styles reflecting diverse voices on multiple topics. Our goal is to help our writers build a larger audience by collaborating with avid readers on Medium.
ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications are inclusive and diverse, supporting 18,000+ contributors. Different levels of writers, from absolute beginners to most accomplished ones, delight our readers with their informative and engaging content.
After reviewing and publishing their stories, our editorial and curation team members also create visibility for the stories of our inspiring writers in multiple ways. Well-written, informative, and engaging content always finds new readers in our publications.
Sample Curated Collections for New Readers
You might find links to recently featured stories by the ILLUMINATION Amplifier.
Hand-Picked Articles #171, Hand-Picked Articles #172, Hand-Picked Articles #173, Hand-Picked Articles #174, Hand-Picked Articles #175, Hand-Picked Articles #176, Hand-Picked Articles #177, Hand-Picked Articles #178, Hand-Picked Articles #179, Hand-Picked Articles #180, Hand-Picked Articles #181, Hand-Picked Articles #182, Hand-Picked Articles #183, Hand-Picked Articles #184, Hand-Picked Articles #185, Hand-Picked Articles #186, Hand-Picked Articles #187, Hand-Picked Articles #188, Hand-Picked Articles #189, Hand-Picked Articles #190, Hand-Picked Articles #191, Hand-Picked Articles #192, Hand-Picked Articles #193, Hand-Picked Articles #194
Here are the last five curated collections from ILLUMINATION main.
Curated Collection #132, Curated Collection #131, Curated Collection #130, Curated Collection #129, Curated Collection #128, Curated Collection #133
Here are the recent collections from ILLUMINATION-Curator.
ILLUMINATION Reading Club, Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01, Outstanding Stories — Volume 86, Outstanding Stories — Volume 87, Outstanding Stories — Volume 88, Outstanding Stories — Volume 89, Outstanding Stories — Volume 90, Outstanding Stories — Volume 91.
Thank you for your time and meaningful engagement in these chosen stories. You might check out your favorite authors via a keyword search (e.g., Ctrl F in PC).
We are delighted several writers joined our publications. We welcome them using these collections and introduce them to our readers and contributors.
Daily Communication for Writers
We received several inquiries about unusually dropped stats both for views and reading times. It is beyond our control, but our team is investigating the situation and will inform writers when we find out the reasons. We noticed that stats are back now however some writers believed that they are substantially low. We hope Medium support provides an update on this.
Yesterday, ILLUMINATION posted a bulletin inviting writers to an event organized by one of our top writers Sinem Günel. You might check the details in the attached story.
Attention New Writers
Thank you for joining our publications. We included the introduction to new writers and writer-related stories at the end of this post. Please review Master Copy: Onboarding New Writers before submitting your stories. We look forward to them.
Let’s welcome the new contributors who joined us recently and support their content. ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications are proud to add new contributors daily and support their content. Each writer diversifies our collections.
Critical Documents for Contributors
Every writer of our publications needs to review these guiding policies before submitting their stories. We are tolerant and flexible not censoring content, however the following are non-negotiable rules.
Please explore and enjoy these chosen stories from our vast collection.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
Three Tips for Improving Bone Health and Reducing the Risks of Osteoporosis Dr Mehmet Yildiz
This Week I Read Three Nasty Articles Online That Made Fun of My Success Tim Denning
4 Life Lessons We Can All Learn From The French David Gerken
Feeling Stuck? These Phrases Will Lift You Out of Mental Fog and Inspire You to Change Ayodeji Awosika
Can We Ever Break The Curse of the Rural Healthcare Crisis? Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
Does the Narcissist Feel Withdrawal After You’ve Gone No Contact? Melissa Kalt, MD
The Splendour of Dancing Photons Tara Desai PhD
Decisions that Softened Aging’s Effect. Dr John Frederick Rose
How Writers and Bloggers Transition to Become Published Authors ILLUMINATION-Curator
Reasons Why My (European) Husband and I Will Eventually Leave America Anastasia Frugaard
Are You Joining Jenn’s Writing Challenge for This Month? Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Writing one Medium story a day this month Jenn Leach
Why Your Fertility Declines As you Age & What You Can Do About It Ange Dim
The Scaffolding Principle: Here’s How You Can Reach That Impossible Goal Alex Philippe
I Am Feasting On Kaurageously Yours Annelise Lords
What Can You Do About Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes? Anthony Moulesong
Why I Write Geri Spieler
The Necessity and Magic of Asking ‘What am I?’ Bernhard Kutzler
Salsa, A Spicy Breezy
Three Ways Men Change Bruce Noll
How the number 86,400 has changed my life and why I am getting it Tattooed to my forearm. Bryce Barrows
Choices Adeola Adeko
What “Booty Juice” Is and Why It May Be Outlawed Camille Prairie
My Biggest Weak Point Is Super Embarrassing. Here’s What I’m Doing To Fix It. Carrie Kolar
Memes Are Not the Only Things That Influence Our Culture Cathy Coombs
Why Fasting and Exercise Might Help Us Live Healthier and Longer Dr Mehmet Yildiz
We Can Prevent The Rise Of The Next Putin Chrissie Powers
Do Nothing That Is Of No Use Cinis Viatorem
Hand-Picked Articles #97 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
The Truth Abhishek Verma
Rearview Mirror Conversations Cristina Comunian
Medium’s Mobile App is Discontinued Crystal A. Walker
What To Do When You Run Out Of Content To Write About Destiny S. Harris
The Change is YOU Divyata Dewan
5 Ways I Try to Make Thursday Profitable Don Martin
New United States Dreedwhittaker
Why It Is So Difficult To Find Out What Works On Medium Floyd Mori
On Being Kind to the Bees FranMorelandJohns
Supreme Court to overturn Brown v. Board of Education Jarrett Wilson
The Most Basic Human Right Is On The Line And Half The Country May Blindly Give It Away Without A… Jason Morton
From Article to Course to Accidental Empire? Jeff the Content Profit Coach
Signs of a Socially Intelligent Person and 10 Ways to Increase Your Social Intelligence. Jennifer Thompson
So you want to be self-employed! Kelly Robinson
If You Want To Learn Dutch, Don’t Move to Amsterdam Lane Henry
Need to do a video presentation, these tools can help you Lassepetter
How You Can Quit Work Using Nine Unique Forgotten Steps Laura Jevtich
I Had My First Heart Attack At 18 Laura Knapke
The Next Step in My Writing Journey, I’m Ready to Make the Leap Lawson Wallace
Would I be a Sellout? Lena Quinn
Congratulations Graduates Libby Shively McAvoy
RoundUp®: It’s What’s for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Lisa Manzer
How Mama Africa Called Me Home Lola Rosario Aponte
Cashews Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)
The Salesman Mac Daniels
I Skipped Breakfast, Donated Blood, Went For An Ill-Advised (Post-Donation)Walk, And Forgot To Eat… Maria Rattray
I Have Covid, And I Am Living Without A Spleen Marilyn Glover
Phoenix is the new Silicon Valley Mark Hake
Orange Mound Is My Home Martavious Dorsey
I’m Averaging 100 New Newsletter Subscribers Each Week — Here’s How Marx D.
A New Tone Detected! And Other Insights about My Writing from Grammarly Melissa Marietta
Coming Full Circle Michael Holford
A Warm Invitation to Join Illumination Gaming Publication on Medium Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
How Do You Define Success? Mike X
My Standing Rock Presentation to a Seventh Grade Class in the Fall of 2016 Moonmoth LeMavely
‘My’ Life Doesn’t Exist NEBOH
You Brought Out My Best and Worst Selves Nia Simone McLeod
Dating and the Pile 🔴🟡Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
Fasting Can Change Brain Chemistry Dr Mehmet Yildiz
A 3 Sentence Review of Every Book I’ve Read So Far in 2022 Noël Bader
What To Get From Morocco: The Ultimate Guide For First Time Travelers Nora
Heart Friend ❤️ Song by Sophie Fossheim-Solem Øivind H. Solheim
Who stole my happiness? Prasanna Kumar Behera
4 Steps To Live A Good Life According To Epicurus Prince Verma
How to Hold a Meaningful Conversation (Even With a Stranger) Rhiannon James
Please Stop Using the Term ‘Grey’ Richard William Smith
Please Stop Using the Term ‘Grey’
Extraterrestrial beings are not a tint, shade, or tone.
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Isolation Planet — One Minute Poetry Roxanne Barbour
Regrets, I’ve Had a Few… Samantha Kemp-Jackson
Two Ducks Show Up At My Door Sav Map
14 Side hustles paying up to $140/hour Shu Hasegawa
5 Ways To Overcome Loneliness Sonia Anthony
How I Start My Morning to Maximize Productivity Sobaan Saeed
I Took a Cold Shower Every Morning for 33 Days Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
A Driving Force Suma Narayan
Getting Better at Writing Should Be Your Primary Aim Tavian Jean-Pierre
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The Speeding up of Slowing Down Wahyuni Sapri
A Toast to the Past and Future Warren “Storyteller” Brown
Since You’re Supposed to be My Heart Zoe Rose
Attain a Trimmed, Compact, and Defined Belly in Three Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Meet Arlo Hennings, PhD introduced by ILLUMINATION
How To Manage What Hurts Forever America Zed⚡
Who or What is God? And Why It Matters, P1. 1 Blair Abee
How A Dream Helped Me Prevent A Girl’s Death Christina Sponias
I’m delighted to receive many inquiries about my new publication. Illumination YouTube Coordinator
How to Make Big Money in this Booming Creator Economy Gold Rush Alvin T.
Why Can’t We Say “I Need Something From You?” Adelina Vasile
Seeing Perfection Annelise Lords
Why do you keep editing my life? Brooklyn Muse
5 Types Imposter Syndrome — Which One Are You? Chrissie Marie Massey
Not So Proud Elizabeth Emerald
Exuberance Dr. Fatima Imam
Corporate vs. Startup vs. Self-employment: Which One Is for You? Elizaveta Semenova
Five Secrets of Super-Successful and Creative People Fahri Karakas
The Curious Situations Due to Smart Working at Home Francesco Carrubba
Don’t Assume Refugees Are Happy Just Because Your Country Agreed to Take Them In Gill McCulloch
The Meaning of Surrender Harry Stefanakis
Score One for the Birds I. Trudie Palmer
These Are The Genuine Facts, Everyone Must Understand Hidayatullah
2/2/2022 Jaja Requa
5 Useful Wikipedia Tricks You Should Know Iris B. Stehn
3 Easy Ways White People Uses Black People Jaron Mays
You Have 332 Days Left to Be Better than You Were Yesterday Jessey Anthony
The Vice John Ross
How To Become A Thief Jim McAulay🍁
When I Get to 150,000 Followers on Medium … Julius Evans
War Identity Karlo Tasler
Black History Month Challenge!!! Justin Stinnett
6 Reasons Why I Write on Medium Kristine Laco
Serendipity kristin_missk
5 Steps Our Ancestors Used To Start A Cult Llewellyn (Lew) Daniels
Medium, If It Ain’t Broke, Then, Don’t Break It! Mario López-Goicoechea
Filing Taxes was Complicated Enough, now I can’t even start without access to my Tax Forms Markus Scorelius
Why U Hatin’? I’m A Woman Too Misty Rae
Want To Know Someone’s Inner Soul? Michelle Scorziello
Implicit Costs: The Price of Ease Nico Sifiso
Three Tips to Eliminate Insulin Resistance and Shrink Waistline Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Get Paid More for Your Articles With Little Effort MoneyCanWorkForYou
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You can take a Tiger to Water — any time this year! Nicola POWYS
Can’t Sleep. Read This. Nova Richards
The Day I Fell In Love With An Old Man, And Why I Didn’t Tell Him Lucia Landini
3 Reasons I Love My iPhone Noah Nelson
This Is How I Performed On Medium In January Prince Verma
3 Online Writing Markets That Pay Accepted Stories at Least $125.00 Per Article — Freelance Writing Pamela Kazmierczak
How to Attract Men: 10 Secrets from the Science of Attraction Qasim Adam
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Habitation Unit — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
Accept and Embrace Your Art Where It Is Sarah Marie
So Sure You Are Right? You’re Already Wrong! Shashi Sastry
I Drank 3.78 Liters of Water Daily for 30 Days Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
6 Lessons I’ve Learned Shea Cummings
3 Fun and Easy Ways to Save Even When You’re Broke Trisha Dunbar (She/Her)
A Place Called Poetry Suma Narayan
3 Red Flags From People Who Don’t Care About You Valerio
Here’s How to Regulate Emotions in Three Steps. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Rainy Morning Mastermind Walter Pop Matthews IV
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How to Tell a Guy You’re Not Keen on Him Wendy Scott
30 Powerful Affirmations for Healing Your Mind and Attitude Every Day Napoleon
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Three Tips to Improve Cardiovascular Health Dr Mehmet Yildiz
A Coat of Time Arthur G. Hernandez
“Strong Family Ties” or “Strong Family Lies” (or Something Like That) KL Simmons
Why You Should Enjoy Social Media But Not Get Addicted To it Dr. Preeti Singh
What It’s Like to Be in A Gender-Equal Marriage Anastasia Frugaard
Real Estate Agents Can Be the Worst Humans in the World Tim Denning
Meet Lanu Pitan
Establishing Utopian America Qadir Abdus-Sabur, Ph.D.
How I Healed Abdominal Bloating and Distension Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Beware the Foot-Licking and Tooth-Pulling Demons from Persia Brian Loo Soon Hua
How I Earned $360 and 6,800 Views From A Single Story Viktor Marchev
Breakups: 7 Reasons Why You Don’t Need Your Ex Back Rodolfo
How Reading Scientific Research Can Improve Your Writing: A Beginner’s Guide. Ben Rutt, PhD
Read This When You Want To Make Money Via Investing Richelle Délia, PhD
On Trauma & Addiction: Lessons from a Defensive Iceberg and His Oversized Hat Dr. Cort Dorn-Medeiros
Shocking Stats About Non-Communicable Diseases Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Stop the Screen Wars: How to Make Screen Transitions a Little Less Painful Dr. Cort Dorn-Medeiros
Times Change From Good Old Stiff Neck Ties To modern Gorpcore Dr. Preeti Singh
Meet Julius L. Evans ILLUMINATION
Invitation to Write for ILLUMINATION on YouTube Publication Illumination YouTube Coordinator
30-Minute Simple Workouts Transformed Isabella’s Fitness Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Meet Sufyan Maan ILLUMINATION
How Ali Abdaal Gets Millions Of YouTube Views Matt Lillywhite
Thank you for reading these great stories.
Let’s welcome the new writers who join us today.
Barry Silverstein, Sam Anderson, Salsam, Poornima Verghese-Ram, Guled Abdullah, Rachael Shaw, PLUMA, Dais Bergmann, Tristan Tell, Jabe Nobru, Anna Pismennaya, Etya Vaserman Krichmar, Balin Kruse-Williams, Gabi, Lana.
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!
Jenny Alexander, stecrin, Karen E Brewer, Leena Maria, Aleksandra Kunitskaia, Paul, Karen Vizzard, John Eastern, Avery, Etya Vaserman Krichmar, Jayden Levitt, Kezia Calvert, Stephen Legler, Stelvio, Bits and bots, Nikyee Clough, Andrew Sarkis, Viola Sator, Ryder Garett, Ana Paula Picasso, Nilotpal Sinha PhD, Tasmin Wing, Lenora Brennan, Ana Isabel Casado, Christian Park, Antonio Blago, Berke sefer, Kelvin, Misha Kelly, Camilo Vasquez, Michael Huffman, Sven Vandenberghe, Joe Nelkins, Venkatesh Tripathi, Wendy Mba, Jay Peterman, Ian Tenney, Saba Khuba, Madeleine McDonald, Alexis Kirke, Danielle Benvenuto, Melissa the Health Coach, Sophie Lorf, Jasmeet Singh, Marlene EarningMakers, Tamanna Mohanty, Celine Lai, Jamie Gartner, Fatima, Andrea Storm, Nilachal, Vaibhav Barak, Shayan Kabir, David Stockar, Michael DeFranceschi, Merideth Cohrs, Aaron Taylor, ankita raghuvanshi, Larry Slawson, Ayub Youssef, Winter C., Matija Zagoranski, Mani Goel, John McGinniss, Maria Schlosser, Henya Drescher, Sargis Adikyan, Matija Zagoranski, Mani Goel, LA Vidson, LeAnnette Goodwin, Kelley Murphy, Chris Davidson, Andreas Wagner, Showy Shaw, Calista C., Jordy Schuck, Lauren Beller, Zach Graves, Zena Carlota, Ginger Bangs, Raghviberianand, Scalable Solutions, Carl Wright, Julia Konrad, Tomas Horejsi, Robert Morrow, Irene Louise, Valerie Delzer, Stefania Nedelcu, Ajith Balakrishnan Nair, Julius Saikauskas, Jéssica De Almeida, TheTibor, Wellness Hub, Nicole Skotz,
The key point 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 #133.
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.
We accepts both draft and self-published stories. However, 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.
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
Starter Kit for Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
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
Publication-related stories can be accessed via this collection.
Meet Editors of Our Publications
Collection of Editor Bios
Introducing Writers Bios
Curated Writer Bios
Curated Writer Bios
Learn about contributing writers of ILLUMINATION written by their pen
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Updates from Euphoria
I Write about Health as It Matters.
Invitation to ILLUMINATION YouTube Channel
Invitation: Join ILLUMINATION Gaming Publication as a Writer
Invitation to Write for ILLUMINATION on YouTube Publication
Publications by Our Writers on Medium
Why Writers Need Personal Publications
Illumination Fiction Club
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 mention 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 for writers and readers are endless on this platform.”
You might find the links to our publications in the following list.
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