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Hand-Picked Articles — 2023 #21
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Today, we selected interesting stories representing various writing styles reflecting on multiple topics. Thank you for reading these beautiful pieces these creative writers share to entertain and inform you.
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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).
Dr. Yildiz interviewed two writers this week. The first one is Yogesh Haribhau Kulkarni (PhD), and the other one Raymond M.E. Aguirre. You can explore the background and stories of these top writers.
Our editor Gareth Willey updated the banners and logos of our publications. Please take a look at his approach and thought process.
We heard that Medium plans to monetize external readings in 2023. Our editor Aiden (Illumination Gaming), posted an informative story and created a YouTube video. My Perspectives on the Possible Monetization of External Views on Medium in a YouTube Video. We hope it happens in the new year.
Recent writer introductions
Meet Dr. Yogesh Haribhau Kulkarni PhD Yogesh Haribhau Kulkarni (PhD)
Editorial Profile of Dr Gabriella Korosi Dr. Gabriella Korosi
You might find more writer interviews in this collection. If you want to be interviewed, please contact our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz on his Slack workspace.
ILLUMINATION editors recently compiled a comprehensive collection. Thank you for checking some stories from this collection too. Our editor Aiden (Illumination Gaming), introduced a new writing contest offered by Vocal Media for poetry writers.
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Curated Articles from ILLUMINATION Publications
This 9-Step Problem-Solving Strategy Enabled Me to Earn My Living and Improve My Health. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Normalized Scams We’re (Mostly) Not Even Aware of Anymore Tim Denning
What Eckhart Tolle Says is the Only True Purpose of Our Lives David Gerken
5 Hard to Practice But Extremely Valuable Pieces of Advice Ayodeji Awosika
How to Stand Up for Yourself in America Anastasia Frugaard
How I Make $350 for 20 Minutes of Work Jenn Leach
The Modern Monarchy of Facial Recognition Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
3 Tiny Acts of Trust That Can Change Your Life Kristina Kasparian, PhD
Heart Cracked Open Cedric Johnson, PhD
Does Your SmartPhone Understand You? Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.
Self-help: Hindrance, Help, or Fantasy Escape Mark Sanford, Ph.D.
How to Find Benefits in Sugar Addiction! Joan Kent, PhD
Two Greatly Different Relationship Patterns in a Covert Narcissist Melissa Kalt, MD
Policy Lessons from the Population Pyramid Daniel McIntosh, PhD.
No Bees in My Apartment. Dr John Frederick Rose
Reading the Bible in a Year Has Not Been Conducive to Spiritual Growth Cathy Chapman, PhD
List of 30-Day Challenges You Can Start Today Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Top 10 Video Games with the Best Stories Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Drink More of This one Thing, Can Prevent Heart Failure Later in Life Ange Dim
If You Hate America, You Might Want to Reconsider Bebe Nicholson
Yay, I’ve Finally Found A Good White Female Friend Rebecca Stevens A.
My ‘Post-Covid’ Travel Experience Alan Simpson
A Warm Invitation to Join Illumination Gaming Publication on Medium Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
You Will Always Be My #3. Alexandra Duncan
5 Ways an Indoor Garden Can Help Regain Balance in Your Life Amelie Carver
Use Prioritization To Eliminate Procrastination Annelise Lords
How I Built A Business On Old School Principles Anthony V. Lombardo
How Writers and Bloggers Transition to Become Published Authors ILLUMINATION-Curator
Here’s How I Defeated Brain Fog with Six Lifestyle Habits Decades Ago. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Common Mistakes that New Investors Make Ben Tucker
This Cliché Statement Can Literally Change Your Life Benny Lim
You Can Be Content in Your Life Bill Abbate
Choosing Happiness Blair Fawcett
Living in 2022 in my late 20s Brandy Eaton
My Homeless Brother Asked For $4,500 And I Said No… BabyWrites
The Boy Who Loved Pretty Women: Martin D. Hirsch
Meet Burk From Two Decades Ago Burk
Why So Many Spiritual Seekers Get Mindfulness Wrong Carl Gerber
Why People Avoid Speaking Up in the Workplace and How to Fix It Carla Paton
Medium’s Hidden Gems Carlo Zeno
5 Best Intermittent Fasting Apps That Make Your IF Journey Easier Sara Marium
One Simple Tip for Fabulous Friendships (And Also a Better Mood) Carrie Kolar
Truth Tellers Are Becoming Empowered Celine Lai
U.S. Ranks Last in Government-Mandated Maternity Leave Programs for New Parents Christina
Can We Talk About ‘That Guy’ On Dating Profiles? Christina M. Ward
Why I Suspect Writer’s Block Is Terrified Of Me Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
Big Ideas Begin With An Inkling Cindy S. Yantis
The Financial Ass Kicking Some Warren Buffett Wisdom Could Have Helped Me Avoid CJ James
How I Fell Into Being a Big-Time Writer Don Martin
What My First Year On Medium Helped Me Realize About Writers Lucia Landini
Hacking the Lie Jean Carfantan
Hacking the Lie
Using the same tool that provoked our collective sleep, for our awakening
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Jane Reversed Her Metabolic Disorder By Systematically Mitigating 7 Risk Factors. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Bias in Cannabis Research Focuses on Harmful Effects Ed Ergenzinger
Are You Bored? Or Are You Boring? Elaine Hilides
The Bluff of the Bully Obinna Uruakpa
4 Science-Backed Tips to Eat Less and Taste More Elise Wanger Zell
Tedium Turns the Tables Elizabeth Emerald
The Mystery of Woolley Dam Diane Wordsworth
Tales of Hollywood 1: Elizabeth Sobieski
The Inanimate Suffering of the Drowning Kind Emily Wilcox
Reflecting On My Medium Stats For May And My Goals For June Emma Ryan
Why Are Women Carrying Around Loaded Guns? Floyd Mori
High on Life: The Upcoming Game Set in the Rick & Morty Universe Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
The Day Liberty was Attacked From the Mountain ~ Stories & Photos of JD Adams
My Emotion Cup Runneth Over! Fanae-5, MSML
4 Reasons Why I Puzzle Gaby Spadaro
Ireland and Civilization Gerad Carrier
How Do You Find People You Don’t Know? Geri Spieler
How to Hack Your Brain To Drive Sleep Away? Gökhan Yalcuk
4 Techniques That Freed Me From Years of Anxiety Growth Lodge
Most People Misunderstand How to Lose Weight. It Keeps Them Out of Shape. Hakima T A N T R I K A
Love is a Furious Fire Harry Hogg
Nurturing the Divine Feminine Heather Paz
‘Read for Read’ Club | List 70 Indigo
Movies Lied About What Owning A Home Is Really Like Ira Robinson
Can Scrum and Simple Rules Help to Manage Entire Companies? Iris B. Stehn
11 Victor Frankl Quotes That Teach Us to Lead Meaningful Lives Isabella Martin
Why it Sucked to Be a Pirate Isaiah McCall
My Top 5 Favorite Writing Tools J.R. Heimbigner
How To Know the Difference Between Religion and Spirituality James Boylan
How To Grow Very Old and Still Win at Life Janet Meisel
Citrulline 101: Six Health Benefits Based on Two Decades of Experience Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Sound the Trumpets, Bring On The Marching Bands . Janice Macdonald
Newsbreak Is Running Two Content Campaigns This June Jennifer Geer
Why Are Asians Crazy Rich? While Many of Us Think Money is “Bad,”? Jennifer Thompson
Why Cursed Texts Might Hinder Your Writing Jeofrey Ogire
You Are Perfectly Normal In An Imperfect World Jessey Anthony
Persuading A Reader To Commit To Your Novel Penny Grubb
Why Would You Follow and Read My Writing Here? Dorin Cojocariu
What Work Are You Destined to Do? Jessica Rabel
Why It Is the Journey Not the Destination That Matters John R. Miles
How I Train My Memory To Retain More Information & Eliminate Forgetfulness. Ekene Moses
Hey Dems, Grow a Set or Lose the Midterms John Worthington
Understanding our perceptions on the causality between talent and success Jørgen Steen
A Simple Way To Save The Internet Julian Cosky
Never too late to learn something new Julian Harcourt
10 Questions to ask on the 1st Date Justin Stinnett
The Silver Lining of Pain Kalyani Adusumilli
Needing More Money Means Bending The Spoon Kalyn BR
Read This if You Feel Like Giving Up and Want to Feel Hope Again Kat OM
Immortality Could Soon Be a Reality (Part 1) Spiritual Awakener
When Life Threw Me A Curve Ball, My Girlfriends Came With Their Mitts Janie Emaus
This Is Exactly How I Made $500 in My First Month on Fiverr Khadijah Amani
Do We or Do We Not Get Paid For Listen Time On Medium? Kristina God
Do You Have the Stamina to Avoid Being a Statue? Kristopher Keyes
The Return of the Lost Child Kyomi O’Connor
Here Is How I Defeated Chronic Inflammation via 9 Lifestyle Habits. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
When You Just Can’t Get Over It: Prolonged Grief L.L. Kirchner
Is Dropping Your Expectations the Key to Being Happy? Lewis Jones
The Law of Attraction in Your Job Search Liliana Nakamura
The Meme Lillian Esther
A New American Dream: Get The F*ck Out Livia Dabs RN,MSc
4 Misconceptions about Intermittent Fasting Allison Meunier
The Reality of Being a Christian No One Talks About Liza Blue
The Battle For The Seas: Are They Polishing The Bombs Of War Yet Again? Llewellyn (Lew) Daniels
Do catchy titles contain negative words? Lorraine Posthuma
50 Life Hacks That Will Make You Unstoppable Luay Rahil
The Exact Content Strategy I’m Using to Make It Back to Earning $1500+ per Month Writing Online Madison Hunter
West Coast Beach Robert Shaneyfelt
Harry Potter Saga Marta Henriques
Lessons from My 30s Thus Far Martha Lueck
A Beginners Guide to Sun Salutation Yoga Mary Beth Hazeldine
5 Creepily Easy Ways To Live a Boss Life Mary Liga
Healthcare Is The New Classroom Mhstuart
Rainy Days Michael Holford
Resumes For Rambos: A Teacher’s Guide Michelle Teheux
3 Signs That the World Has Gone Totally Bonkers Mike Lewis
If He’s an Alcoholic, You’re His Side-Chick Mona Lazar
Deconstructing My Own Privilege Nicole Dake
I Commented on 100 Medium Posts in One Day Paul Walker
Surrendering to life Payal Koul
My First Viral Story was Stupid, Fortunately Pierre-Louis Lemaire
One Day in the Life of a Criminal Pierre. My Stories Are My Life & My point of view.
Here Is What Happened When I Experimentally Initiated Autophagy Decades Ago Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How to Effectively Manage Your Business. Dwayne Adderley, MBA,LPQ Dwayneadderley.com
A Lazy Man’s Guide to Time Management Praveen Gnanaselvam
‘Just Say No,’ and Other Ludicrous Stuff You Can’t Do At Work K. Joseph
I Joined Medium Partner Program With Only 1 Follower Prince Verma
Why 98% of NFT Projects will Fail Rick Crites
Truth exists (Part V) Riva Kajangu
Now That Life Halts for Me, I Love Gaia More Intensely Than Ever Desiree Driesenaar
Now That Life Halts for Me, I Love Gaia More Intensely Than Ever
A poem of expanding life
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What to Do When Your Headline Sucks robert porter
Winging It in a Fast-Changing World Rosa Diaz
Martian Great Wall — One Minute Poetry Roxanne Barbour
When Should You Move On If a Relationship Isn’t Working? Ruby Lee
10 Quotes to Inspire You for The Second Half of 2022 Sandra Gabriella Di Francesco
The Top-Most Pressing Issue For First-Time Managers & What To Do About It Santosh Venkataraman
Fictional Writers Took Over Vocal Media Shamar M
Glitch Mendelsohn Shawn Ingram
Top 5 Signs You Are Hindering Your Success Shea Hulse
The Perfect Summer Body Is A Healthy Body Stacy Johnson
In Praise of Illumination and Sister Pubs Stell O. Artwell
Why We Need a Support Group for Climate Change T. J. Brearton
I Met The Goddess Lilith In A Cave Theresa C. Dintino
The Unending Story Of Time Thesilkroads
When you achieve mastery, you have a greater command of reality, other people, and ourselves. Tony U. Francisco
I Love Vultures Ulf Wolf
Is Lobbying Unconstitutional? Veritas Civis
In Case Of Fire Victoria Ponte
How I Celebrated My First $5000 from Medium in Ecuador Wellness Xplora
I am 24 years old and I feel mad. Dimitra Manta
My Life Can Be Summed Up In Coffee Cups Wire Editor Newman
Master These 5 Skills Early In Life If You Want To Be Rich Zaid — WrittenMastery
Here’s How to Melt Visceral Fat, Enhance Mood, and Lower Health Risks in Three Steps. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
AITA — Swimsuit disaster Y. Vue
Instagram’s New Algorithm That is Trying to Give Us All a Heart Attack Zianna Weston
4 Games For Language Learners Lusine Arshakyan
Need To Clear Your Brain Fog? Then Spend Time Alone Maria Rattray
How to Bounce Back After Receiving a “No” Mary Beth Hazeldine
You Don’t Look It, So It’s Okay Misty Rae
Making an Apron Nara Ferch
How Are You Making Passive Income? Noah Nelson
9 Important Take-Aways From Leonardo’s Award-Winning Documentary Nora
Freelance Writing — 41 Writing Calls For Submissions (as of 05/02/22) — Paid Writing Opportunities… Pamela Kazmierczak
Steal My Brand Awareness Engagement Secrets — Part 1 Patrick OConnell
A Poem on Sound Brooklyn Muse
Why Are The Worst Possible People Always In Charge? Michelle Teheux
Why is ‘Be Positive’ the Worst Ever Quote? Aman Jain
In My Writing World Don Simkovich, MA
We Need To Raise Girls To Be Brave, Not To Be Perfect Prince Verma
Online Preschools- 5 Reasons They Work and 5 Reasons They Dont PS
Forgiveness In Relationships Radhika Patel
Artificial Screening America Zed⚡
The Sun and the Moon Utpal Kumar
The Biggest Loser Could Be China Veronika Kaufmann
Quitting is Not an Option Yousuf Rafi
Lucrative Book Deals For Some Supreme Court Justices Floyd Mori
Relationship Conflict Is a Request For Contact Bor Ratajec
My Battle with Depression: One Person’s Story of Struggling and Surviving One day at a Time John Adam Ledford
The Silent City Nasar Karim
I lost my motivation to write till I found this article. Aun Gregg
7 Tips to Help You if You’re Stuck in an Unproductive Writing Rut Rejoice Denhere
Here’s How to Lower the Risks of Having Nervous Breakdowns in 3 Steps. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Little Known Lessons Learned from the Secretive $6 Trillion M&A Market Sam Schreim
What a day we are having! Sara Wright
Every Publication Tim Denning Wrote for in April 2022 Sarah Willey
How running has changed my life Sardor Madaminov
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What I Wish I Knew About Getting Cheaper Flight Tickets A Nkeonye Judith Izuka-Aguocha
10 Lifehacks Schools Couldn’t Teach Me. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The 4 ‘Ps’ To Living A Fulfilling Life Abdullah Nadeem
16 Daily Mantras That Saved Me From Antisocial, Apathetic, and Ungrateful Behavior Alec Zaffiro
Is Disney+ Worth It? Alex Rosado
Gas Price Survival Guide Alexander Kanellopoulos
7 Habits of a Highly Effective Financial Life Allan Johnson
The Rainbow’s Promise Allison Bonilla
All The Stories You Don’t Really Want to Read About Bitcoin and Crypto Alvin T.
How Losing my Watch Caused me to Reevaluate the Concept of Time Amanda Clark-Rudolph
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Because I Kept Opportunity Waiting Annelise Lords
Ever Fallen in Love With A Fictional Character? Argumentative Penguin
You Won’t Get Very Far as a Writer if You Don’t Do This Aql
You Can’t Fail, So Stop Fearing It Bella Martin
5 Things I Found In My First 3 Months on Medium Bernie Pullen
Life Isn’t Fair but Radical Acceptance Can Help Benjamin Carter
When Men Use Their Superpower, They Bring Healing to the World Beth Byfield
My Cat Got Diagnosed With Autism Today Bryan Dijkhuizen
How to Heal your Chakras with Writing. Cee Cee
Nicknames — Where Do They Come From? Calum James
5 Secrets to Get Through Valentine’s Day if You’re Single David Brühlmann
The Six Thinking Hats of a Solopodpreneur Derek Oxley
How a Few Extra Stories 10Xed my Views in a Month Don Martin
How a Few Extra Stories 10Xed my Views in a Month
Without feeling too much extra pressure
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How can I be a good father. A poem Francesco Carrubba
How To Ensure Success Ephraim Champion
The Telephone Call Harry Hogg
They Mean Well Harry Stefanakis
How Is NMN Better Than NR? Hello100
How Is NMN Better Than NR?
And Which of These Molecules Contributes To Higher NAD+ Levels
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Gratitude Amidst the Exhaustion HealingLivMama
How to Fix Burnout When You Can’t Change Your Name, F*ck Off to Another Country, and Never Work… Hope
So, Tell Me About This Metaverse I. Trudie Palmer
Faustian Deals, Faith Leaders, and the Canadian Trucker Conveys Jane Harris
How Not To Suck at Parenting Cene J.
What Happens When a State Auditor Writes? Jennica Rose
To Change The Future, Take Action In The Present Jim McAulay🍁
How Being Kind to Others Can Kill Your Love Life Jessica Rabel
10 Curious Facts About Animals Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez
Poetry Is A Place — Where Words Get Eternalized, In All Their Imperfections Kannan Natesan
Invitation: Join ILLUMINATION Gaming Publication as a Writer Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Why You Should Never Find Yourself By Using Social Media Khadejah
Are Women Really Better Than Men At Managing Money? Let Me Count The Ways… KL Simmons
The Internet is a Great Place to Buy and Sell Weird Stuff Lawson Wallace
Can You Pass The CONTRADICTIONS Test? Leonard Tillerman
6 Easy Ways You Can Become an Attractive Person Leah Njoki
The One Thing That’s Making You Stay Average Lifestyle With Nina
Sometimes, Just Close Your Eyes and Think. Abhishek
Fat Loss Isn’t Complex. We Make It Mysteries. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
My Heart is on Lockdown Margie Willis
Is it OK to say I’m broken? Mick
My Highest Earning Story So Far MarkfromBoston
The Simple Guide to Student Debt Cancellation Nick Baker
You Are as Happy as You Think You Are Øivind H. Solheim
Magazines and Websites Paying Between $200.00–2,000.00 For a Nonfiction Article Pamela Kazmierczak
This One Advice Can Make You More Happy In Life Prince Verma
Grateful and Greedy for the Seconds After paulmartincurry
9 Ways The Covid Pandemic Has Improved The Mental Health Priyam Samantray
3 Times My Heart Exploded as a Father Joseph Atzinger
Keep at It Rahul Pant
A Programmer’s Poem Rob Dods
Alignment — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
7 Reasons Why I Bought a Flat in Batumi Sergio Guardiola Herrador
Andrea Bocelli and Soprano Lei Jia Teamed Up With Pianist Lang Lang and Then This Happened Rui Alves
Here’s How to Lower the Risks of Heart Disease and Strokes in Five Steps. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Tyranny of Buzzwords Shashi Sastry
5 Proven Ways To Learn Anything Faster and Better Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
I Write Fiction on Medium T. Mark Mangum
The Ethical Political Continuum 2 Tomas Byrne
Humor, With Interest Tooth Truth Roopa Vikesh
Cleaning your house? How about your colon too! TruHealth by Kasara
How Limiting Beliefs Affect Our Reality Tree Langdon
The World’s Upside Down Victoria Ponte
Three Simple And Unexpected Lessons On Personal Self-Sabotaging Tendencies Vic Bowling
Ten Reasons Not to Quit Online Writing (When You Want to) Wes Putnam
Earn 200$-600$ Per Article — The Only Website You Need to Know as a Technical Writer Vinicius Monteiro
There Is a New Quora, and Nobody Is Talking About It Up Until Now Napoleon
Helping Hand Zachary Seda
Chop, Change and Hold on! You, Me and Happiness
To Own My Own Story Michael Patanella
Three Tips to Improve Cardiovascular Health Dr Mehmet Yildiz
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