Editor’s Choice
Hand-Picked Articles — 2023 #23
Chosen by the content curators of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium for avid readers

Dear Readers and Writers,
This is our 23rd collection of 2023, so we see it as a special one. Serendipity might be knocking on your doors, so stay tuned to possibilities.
Today, we curated interesting and educative pieces representing various writing styles reflecting multiple topics. Thank you for reading these beautiful stories these creative writers share to entertain and inform you.
ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications strive to be inclusive and diverse, supporting 19,000+ contributors. Different levels of writers, from absolute beginners to the most accomplished ones, delight our readers with their informative and engaging content.
While giving many reading options to our readers, our other goal is to help the writers build a larger audience by creating visibility for their profiles and stories.
We encourage collaboration by cross-pollinating all levels of writers with readers. Therefore, these collections include stories of both accomplished and aspiring writers giving a beautiful and diverse collage.
ILLUMINATION editors posted a new newsletter to update our progress in January 2023. The key points are posting one story daily and submitting quality stories that do not consume too much time for our editors.
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Thank you for your time and meaningful engagement in these chosen stories. You might search your favorite authors via a keyword search (e.g., Ctrl F in PC).
If you missed the previous collections, here are the links to the last three ones.
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 Mehmet Yildiz interviewed another top writer Hakima T A N T R I K A. We hope you explore the profile and stories of this inspiring writer via this interview.
Dr. Yildiz also interviewed two writers last week Yogesh Haribhau Kulkarni (PhD), and Raymond M.E. Aguirre. You can explore the background and stories of these top writers.
ILLUMINATION introduced a new editor Benito Bartolo who joined our team recently. We hope you find his interesting stories in this profile.
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.
If you are new to our publications, you might also check out sample collections by different editors covering stories of our various publications.
Outstanding Stories — Volume 89 from Illumination-Curated
Curated Video Stories on Medium from Illumination Videos and Podcasts
Curated Collection #137 from Illumination
10 Inspiring Stories Published on Illumination Gaming Publication Recently
We are delighted several writers joined our publications. We welcome them using these collections and introduce them to our readers and contributors.
Attention New Contributors
Thank you for joining our publications. Welcome! We included the introduction to new writers and writer-related stories at the end of this post. Let’s welcome the new contributors who joined us recently and support their content.
ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications support many writers, including beginners and experienced ones who delight loyal readers. Our editors enjoy publishing stories timely and creating visibility for them.
Please review Master Copy: Onboarding New Writers before submitting your stories. We look forward to them. Please also review these guiding policies before submitting their stories. We are tolerant, but these are non-negotiable rules.
Please explore and enjoy these chosen stories from our vast collection.

Curated Articles from ILLUMINATION Publications
Boost Your Mental Health with Moodgym at Your Convenience. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Keanu Reeves Is the Only Person That Consistently Unites a Deeply Divided America Tim Denning
4 Rumi Sayings That Will Sing to Your Soul David Gerken
How to Access Secret Knowledge Few Others Use and Get Smarter Faster Ayodeji Awosika
7 Questions About America (from My Danish Husband) I Just Can’t Answer Anastasia Frugaard
Managing Chronic Medical Conditions Needs A Hybrid Healthcare Infrastructure. Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
Did A Credit Card Scam Hit You Dr. Preeti Singh
The Ultimate Guide to Habit Formation: Best Practices for Success Mark Sanford, Ph.D.
Great Tools for Remembering Your Dreams Dr. Gabriella Korosi
How Can You Tell When a Covert Narcissist Is Playing the Victim? Melissa Kalt, MD
I Thought I Had to Do It All — Fortunately, I Found a Solution That Works Wonders for My Business Dr. Noor Ali
SOLO — 10 Years in Bali (book release) Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.
Climate Change & Our Children. Dr John Frederick Rose
Top 9 Movies About Gaming and Gamers Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
How Writers and Bloggers Transition to Become Published Authors ILLUMINATION-Curator
Coping with the Stress of Change in Uncertain Times Lauro Medina Jr.
How I Deal With Racism in Australia Leah Njoki
7 Surprising Valentine’s Tips That Spread the Love and Make it Last Melinda Blau
Why I Make My Kids Play Outside Alexandra Duncan
We’re Gonna Die!! Daily Ways I Calm My Brain (#9 is Reverse Gratitude) Monique Brennan MSc
Are You Under The Merciless Chinese Torture Of Microstress? Jussi Luukkonen, MBA
Is It Good for God To Put Words in Your Mouth? Alec Zaffiro
One Simple Reason I Raise My Daughter In Spain Instead Of The US Livia Dabs RN,MSc
Do You Want to Escape Adulting? Allison Ditmer
I have a cousin in France Geri Spieler
Is University Becoming Unnecessary? Angelina Der Arakelian
10 Things You Don’t Know About Me Misty Rae
The One Ingredient Causing Diabetes & Chronic Disease — & You Need to Stop Eating! Ange Dim
Here’s My Secret Sauce To Being Fitter, Healthier, And More Productive Too! Rob Hourmont
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Two Ways to Win and Two Ways To Lose Annelise Lords
Illumination Leads the Way I. Trudie Palmer
Is Medium the Place To Be or Not To Be Poornima Verghese-Ram
The 5-Step Weeding Process to a Happy Life Amit Karmakar
Crazy Little Thing Called Lust Araci Almeida
Mother’s Tears Author, D. Denise Dianaty
Understanding Customer Data: Key to Business Success Dwayne Adderley, MBA,LPQ Dwayneadderley.com
How to Survive the Energy Bill Increase Adam James
What This Harvard Study of 51 Million Job Postings Confirms About Hiring Practices Boateng Sekyere
How to Protect Telomere Lengths with Healthy Lifestyle Choices Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Whole Circus Has Come to Town Bob Metivier
Making Money on Medium Is Easier Than You Think Bernard Bado
The Power of Being Silent Benito Bartolo
Request to Remove Gay Documentary from Lafayette, LA Library Denied Carla Paton
My stay in Herblay France during this last winter … ASGARALY LOULOUA
People are Best at Suffering Bogdan Mtn
The Happiest Man I Know Brian Dickens Barrabee
The Tech Industry Is Dead and Getting Replaced Annie Wegner
What is a Joro Spider? Cathy Coombs
The 5 Best Ways to Enjoy Your Vacation Brooke Ramey Nelson
Stop Doubting Yourself And Your Ability! Deon Christie
Two Incredible Writers that You Should Read Julius Evans
My Self Driving Car Convinced An NBA Player To Start Cooking Using An Arduino Bryan Dijkhuizen
Perils of Pet Ownership: The Dreaded Fall Deborah Camp
She… Brooklyn Muse
Stuck in the Center of a Love Triangle, I Must Choose Between Two Remarkable Men K. Joseph
10 Things I Tell My Children About Relationships Colleen Sheehy Orme
A Beautiful World Seen With Open Eyes Charlene Erazo
I Am Waiting To Taste Books Again Carrie Kolar
Do You Know Vegetables Are A Protein Source? Chasing Dreams
Two Minute Meditation Tutorial Chris Carlone
The Tyranny Of Making A Toddler Wear A Mask Chris Bielsa-Brown
The Law of Attraction in Your Job Search Liliana Nakamura
My Earnings Report On Vocal-Media Is Surprising And Pleasing Cynthia C Farley
Introducing… Yoga with Eleonora! E. Katherine Kottaras
Memories Are Like Puzzles Michelle Marie Writes
Why I started getting up at 4 AM and decided to never go back Darreck W. Kirby
You Don’t Have The Right To Destroy Your Habitat Debbra Lupien, Voice of the Akashic Records
You Can Write Stories on Your Phone Again! Mobile Editing Is Back Jennifer Geer
The Newest Overwatch 2 Map Has Been Revealed Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
My New Online Course is Launched! Nicole Dake
If Don Martin Publishes a Story in the Middle of the Woods Don Martin
Rainy Days and Mondays Elizabeth Emerald
How To Clear Your Mental Inbox and Detox Your Mind Gary Buzzard
Has Writing Been Your Best Friend, Worst Enemy Or A Mixture Of Both? KL Simmons
Management Bug Eduardo Espinheira
How To Caption Wikipedia Images Michael Nagy
Exposure? Really? Have A Luxurious Moment With My Foot Ira Robinson
One important step people keep missing when starting a side hustle Eleanor A
Health Implications of Excess Visceral Fat and Effective Strategies for Reducing It Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Is There a Right & Wrong? / Time! Pierre. Autistic & proud.
What writing with pen and paper teaches you about life figueredoc
The Decriminalization of Evil: Why It’s All Our Fault Henry Corrigan
Rogan’s Doing It Filip Cabra Makowski
When a Christian Should Keep Quiet Ellis Orozco
A Coach Story To Give You A Laugh Floyd Mori
Why Did Putin Attack Ukraine? Joanna Henderson
A Close Call Gerad Carrier
God Does Not ZAP Us ! Jodie Helm
Walking Blind: Living Well While the World Spins Out of Control Greg Heil
A funny story from when I was living in a trailer park in Florida. Lawson Wallace
Perceiving Time Josep Ferrer
Beyond Charity Groupe Intellex
Putin and the U.S. Orange Time Bomb Harry Hogg
The Asian Flavor Josep Ferrer
The Importance Of Health Iris B. Stehn
It’s Madness Iva Hotko
How To Find The Good In Every Person You Meet Josie Timberlake
How to Turn Your Side Hustle into a Full-Blown Business Ivan Popov
Defeat Metabolic Syndrome and Slim Down Waistline with Three Tips Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Turn Your 1 Article Into 10 Pieces of Content Using This Content Flow Model Jacob Adams
Amplenote — Notes-Tasks-Calendar, All in one solution at Super Speed! Kaushik Trivedi
Working Long-term in a Toxic Environment Is like Being in a Bad Relationship Janice Eastman
If You Are A Creative Make Failure Your Comfort Zone Khyati Jain
How Integration Could Add More Meaning To Your Life James Ssekamatte
Feminism is Now Becoming Detrimental to Women Khadejah
The Article-a-Day Mindset System Jeff the Content Profit Coach
An Editor Said My Article on “Why Women Love Women” was Too One-sided Kimberlee
How the One Minute Daily Meditation Can Boost Your Brain Power Jessey Anthony
If you can’t write a short article, Are You Doomed? Jerry Pompilio
How I Quit Writing for 8 Weeks and Still Made $100,- Each Month Lucien Lecarme
This Formerly Homeless Single Mom Became A Millionaire 400 Times Over Jessica Rabel
Spacewalk? Spacefloat would be more appropriate! kristin schuhknecht
The Mystery of Why Children Get Sick Adriianna Lagorio
Are You Joining This Writing Challenge for This Month? Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Decluttering — An Easy Way to Improve Your Mental Wellbeing Mary Beth Hazeldine
First Job Interview at Age 59 Julie van Maanen
Spiritual Awakening Is Nature Power. The Magic Is Happening Right Now Desiree Driesenaar
Back to 89 Julian Harcourt
What Was In The Food? Lessons To Learn From A 19-Year-Old Who Lost His Limbs To A Chinese Meal Mentoni
10 Lifehacks Schools Couldn’t Teach Me. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
3 Cheap Purchases For Insane Productivity Justin Boyette
Elon Musk just declared war on Russia Nasar Karim
A $78K Pay Cut Significantly Improved My Life Kylie van Gelder
GIGACHAD: The Manliest Man, The Sexiest Man Alive? Dorin Cojocariu
How Can You Heal Gut Issues, Lose Weight and Improve Your Overall Health? Nikola Ojdanić, Ph.M.
Fasting Can Change Brain Chemistry Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Earn Between $120.00–3,000.00 Writing For These Publications Pamela Kazmierczak
Black Love Lullaby KSHernandez
Life Is Solving Problems Cristina Cattai
Five Tips to Melt Visceral Fat and Have a Defined Belly Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Finally Grateful for Yard Work paulmartincurry
Our Discoveries in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Allison Meunier
How to succeed Lassepetter
Attempting New Writing Little Monster
The Purpose In Me Rayna Pummel
Struggling to figure out what to write about? Magnus Arveng
Leaders: Respect This Trinity Shashi Sastry
This Is What I Did For My 100th Follower Lwazi
7 Ways to Protect Your Energy As An Empath Shea Hulse
You Realise Your Advice is Only Your Opinion, Don’t You? Elaine Hilides
Statistics: The Second Baker’s Dozen Marie A. Rebelle
Feminine aspect and corporate life Marta Kusiak
A Stubborn Girl With Down Syndrome Refused to Forget Me Seema Virani Kholiya.
My Ten Easy Character Tricks To Always Be And Appear More Confident Ekene Moses
Reasons to Stay Optimistic Marjan Krebelj
What Happened to Writing on Medium? Shu Hasegawa
Excel at Your Exhale Karen Hoffman
A Bottle of Red, Candlelight and The Romantic Night That Wasn’t Nick Stockton
The Pain of Sharing Your Work on Facebook Lena Quinn
My followers’ work Shyam Sundar
21K Views and Stuck at 200 Followers Michael Koy
6 Ways Wearing Shoes Inside Your House is Like French Kissing the Sidewalk Tim Ebl
Resurrection! Suma Narayan
Signs You Are in a Relationship with a Control Freak Nicole Waite
3 Time Saving Dating Tips for Singles Wendy Scott
How Studying Economics Changed the Way I Think Sara Ahmed
9 Strategies For Consistent Sales On Facebook Marketplace Nora
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Write For These 3 Websites and Magazines To Earn Extra Money Pamela Kazmierczak
7 Retirement Planning Tips from Someone Who Has Been There Paul Walker
5 Reasons Why People Hate Russell Brand Paul Goodman
Swim Meet — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
Ukrainian Gun Roadster: Everything About Mykolaiv Police New GTA Style Cruiser Rui Alves 🇺🇦
The Shackles of Limitation Rick Bartrand
Rough Day? This Is Exactly What You Need Sohail
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Deleuze and Pragmatism 1 Tomas Byrne
I Did 20 Squats Daily for 35 Days Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
I’m 90 Odd And This Is What I Learned! You, Me and Happiness
Six Lifestyle Habits to Skyrocket Fat Loss Dr Mehmet Yildiz
My Plans for April — The Best of Both Worlds Vritant Kumar
We are grateful to Illumination YouTube Coordinator for creating an informative video for our health readers.