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Hand-Picked Articles #216
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Dear Readers and Writers,
We are sorry for not being able to post our hand-picked articles for a few days due to the hectic workload. But today, we selected engaging and informative stories from our curated collections.
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Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
Today, we curated informative and engaging stories, mainly from ILLUMINATION and a few from our other publications as samples.
7 Tips to Prevent Cognitive Decline and Impairment Dr Mehmet Yildiz
I’m Afraid to Share My Toxic Workplace Story on LinkedIn That Made Me Suicidal Tim Denning
Nonattachment: The Big Kahuna of Spirituality — So Hard, but so Worth the Work David Gerken
7 Things You Might Not Want to Hear But Almost Certainly Need to Hear Ayodeji Awosika
4 Things I Didn’t Do To Become a Top Medium Writer Sinem Günel
Accounting Was Sooo Bourgeois Ellen Clardy, PhD
Reduce Your Stress Now Dr. Stacey Maples
Reduce Your Stress Now
Summary of techniques you can practice now for improved resiliency
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Physician Practice Productivity In 2022 Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
Improve Your Attitude by Taking 5 Minutes to Recognize the Good Stuff in Your Life Chris Schwilk, Ph.D.
10 Things You May Not Know About Me Dr. Preeti Singh
Struggling to Understand the Narcissist? Smug Silent Treatment or Are They Really Out? Melissa Kalt, MD
SOLO — 10 Years in Bali (book release) Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.
Meditation and Mantra Singing YouTube Collection Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi
The Paradox of Black Dr John Frederick Rose
Meet Psychologist Cedric Johnson, Ph.D. on ILLUMINATION — Medium ILLUMINATION-Curator
We’ve Known How to Combat Dementia For Years — We’re Just Not Listening Kylie Fuller selected by ILLUMINATION-Curator as one of the most loved story.
What Pornography was Like During the “Bridgerton” Era Brian Loo Soon Hua
Why You Need Your Happy Place A Nkeonye Judith Izuka-Aguocha
Hand-Picked Articles #115 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
What’s the Best Way to Consider the Universe; Friendly or Hostile? Chad Gates
The Hidden Mystery Behind the Symbolic Meaning of Reality Christina Sponias
Unhealthy Outlets For Emotions Aarti Tailor
Unhealthy Outlets For Emotions
Often what we think is the antidote is actually the poison
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Meet Melinda Blau by ILLUMINATION
My Easter Prayer for a Dying World Anna M. Clark
Alan Detoxified His Body with 3 Self-Healing Mechanisms Lowering Health Risks & Accelerating Fat… Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Forest App: Get Focused While Growing Trees Alex Philippe
The STOPP Strategy Works for Me Aasha Anna
Elon Musk: A Threat to this Money-Making Platform Annie Wegner
What Comes First — Your Mortgage (the Chicken) or Investing (the Egg)? Allan Johnson
Anthony’s Exchange Life in Spain — Introduction Anthony Wong
Why Do We Love 9GAG? Here’s Why. Anthony Wong
Why Did Indian Sage Ramana Maharshi Die of Cancer at Age 70? Bernhard Kutzler
This Might Be the Dumbest Place to Grow a City Arthur Keith
Nature’s Survival Intentional: Introducing Hoodies for Females Annelise Lords
My Conviction to Play Computer Games and Write About Them Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
We Choose How to Be and Who to Be With Bogdan Mtn
A ripple that led to the fall of many civilizations Aswathi Ashok
Reading Medium Articles Increases Your Articles Views and Member Read Time Ayoade Emmanuel
Shooting Victim Lit Up a Room Brooke Ramey Nelson
Melting the Wand Amy Christie
Remove Daily Negativity & Low Energy From Your Life To Feel Better Bryan Dijkhuizen
I Know You Bogdan Mtn
Gas Pains Brian Dickens Barrabee
Outstanding Stories — Volume 86 ILLUMINATION-Curator
Outstanding Stories — Volume 86
Selected stories from top writers of ILLUMINATION-Curated
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Your Third Eye Enigma Carel Kolchinski
Doors and Windows Brooklyn Muse
Squeezing Pennies Out Of Poems Is Like Drawing Blood From A Stone Carlo Zeno
Elon Musk’s Idea of Immortality CARMEN F MICSA
Thankfulness From a Successful Ex-nobody Carlos Jeronimo
9 Examples of Short-term Thinking for Entrepreneurs C. L. Beard
Did you know these? : Why Bill Gates and Steve Jobs Raised Their Kids Away From Technology DearLove
Arrogant, Spiteful, Lazy= Yes That’s Me Desmond Delce
A NATO and EU-Member Country Has Become A Putin-Worshipper — And It Is Not Hungary! Chrissie Powers
The Well-Trodden Path Davidhollis
Ask Yourself What You Want Often Destiny S. Harris
Carla, My Family Doctor, Was Harshly Abused by Her Biased Patient Dr Mehmet Yildiz
We all need ways to express ourselves Eduard Sebastian
Sorry, We Can’t Be Friends Craig Hellier
A Life Well Lived Dave Smith
The Perfect Clubhouse Edward Thomas
What Chess Teaches Me About Life Elaine Hilides
Why is the Mind so powerful? Divyata Dewan
You Don’t Need a Four-Year Degree to Be Successful Don Sabado
The #1 Rule if You Are Ever Going to Try to Help Someone Edward John
Open House, Closed Doors Elizabeth Emerald
You Don’t Need to be Happy All the Time Eduard Sebastian
Why There Is No Such Thing as Comfort Eating Elaine Hilides
3 Big Lessons for Success Ellis Orozco
Silence in Hiatus Elizabeth Emerald
How I Earned 12,000$ From Elon Musk Eric Kulbiej
Outstanding Stories — Volume 87 ILLUMINATION-Curator
Outstanding Stories — Volume 87
Selected stories from top writers of ILLUMINATION-Curated
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What Kind Of Person Needs 55 Homes? Floyd Mori
Snow and Beer From the Mountain ~ Stories & Photos of JD Adams
The 13-Letter Alphabet … It’s real! Fred: Almost Famous
How Long Does It Take To Form A Habit? Eric Kulbiej
It finally happened, I’ve become a weekend writer Eleanor A
Adrian Shredded His Body Landing a Dream Job at a Well-Paying Fitness Company in a Month Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Simplest History Explanation of Podcasts Gaby Spadaro
3 Things You Do That Destroy The Mother Earth And Cause Suffering In The World Gosia
How You Can Tap into the Wisdom of Your Body for Healing Money Wounds Evelyn Lim
A Missing Teenager From California Was Found In Utah Floyd Mori
The Trumpet That Never Calls Retreat Harry Hogg
How do you begin your writing for the day? Geri Spieler
You Have the Power to Say No: Now Discover Why No One Wants You to Use It Henry Corrigan
Curated Collection #106 ILLUMINATION
My Oldest Love Affair From the Mountain ~ Stories & Photos of JD Adams
How to celebrate the world day of the voice? With podcasts and radio Francesco Carrubba
7 Primary Leadership Styles For Different Situations Israrkhan
Recess — Short Story | Horror | Dark | Intense — Includes Audio Dramatization Ira Robinson
Why Did You Start Writing? J.R. Heimbigner
The Reason Why so Many Publications on Medium Are Inactive Jennifer Geer
Here’s How My Testosterone Levels and Libido Sky Rocketed When I Transformed To The Fat Burning Rob Hourmont
10 Surprising Things Guys Do That Turn Women On Growth Lodge
Curated Collection #107 ILLUMINATION
Money Comes, Money Goes, but it’s the emphasis we put on it that makes all the difference Jackie Madden Haugh
When True Strength Starts Somewhere Past Your Biceps, Triceps, Chest, And Shoulders, Are You Ready… Jason Morton
It’s Time to Release Our Own Kraken! Jeff Gates
Christianity, Grammer, Writing, Productivity, Naming Your Children, and More Jacquelyn Lynn
10 Habits of the World’s Richest People Jameson Steward
When Your Children Experience Pain Janet Meisel
The PlayStation 5 Was Apparently Jailbroken Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Money Isn’t Evil — Stop Believing The Lie You’ve Been Fed Jelena Kollmann
3 Ways Articles Build Your List of Gold Jeff the Content Coach
What’s this Article Have to do about Business? Jerry Pompilio
3 Steps to Quit Being a Functioning Alcoholic Jessey Anthony
4.4K Views But Made Only $3.33 — What Happened? Jim Clyde Monge
A Simple Way to Improve Yourself John Cunningham
A Judge Without a Law Degree Can Decide Someone’s Fate. Jessica Hubbert
Essential Things To Consider Before Starting a New Business John Teehan
In 5 Seconds My Defensiveness Can Ruin A Conversation Jessica Rabel
The Legend of the Canair Bells John K Adams
5 Comforting Stoic Quotes That Will Restore Your Sanity Joseph Fairweather
Nobody Fights For Good. Nor Evil. Julfi
How To Take Your Writing To The Next Level Josie Timberlake
The Best $10 I’ve Spent Josie P. Julius
More Great Stories From Authors In The Under 100 Followers Club Katemiya
New Wordle-Esque Game for Those That Love Trivia Katie Churchward
The One Pub That Helped Me Grow as a Writer Kristina Segarra
I’m a Clutterbug Josie P. Julius
The 1 Thing You Fear The Most Keir Wotherspoon
My Wife’s Order from Amazon Arrived Busted, Then I Had to Re-Format Both of Our Lap Tops Lawson Wallace
We Need Better Representations of Black Women ASAP Khadejah
Help! I Lost All of My Followers!! Kimberlee
Seven Reasons You Will Want to Consume More Sulforaphane Lisa Manzer
The Best Career Advice I’ve Ever Gotten That Applies Way Beyond Work Marissa Renee
Elon Musk, You Can (And Should) Do Better — At Least For The Children KL Simmons
How to Deal with Toxic People at Work and Beyond Krista Mollion
How to Deal with Toxic People at Work and Beyond
Follow these steps to come out stronger.
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Truly Yours Kyomi O’Connor
Are Your Prayers Regularly Being Answered? Mary Beth Hazeldine
I Figured Out Why Most People Don’t Achieve Their Dreams Matt Legg
After 20 Years, My Childfree Dam is Starting to Crack Len Morse
Those Four Simple Facts That Are Guaranteed To Make You Happy Livia Dabs RN,MSc
Drugs; They Used To Say “Just Say No” Michael Patanella
Meet Lola, A Girl From Havana Michelle Marie Warner
How to Find Out if Your Body is Dehydrated? Louryi B.
5 Ways I’m Planning on Coping With A 2 Hour Commute Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)
A Message To The Feminist: Fashion Magazines Are The New Men Lwazi
The Hidden Weave of the Universe Michael Holford
Americans Spend an Average of $273 a Month on Subscriptions Mike Lewis
Love the Faded Colors Lucy Socha
How Shock Therapy Cured Me of My Depression Maggie Kelly
How to Live From the Heart and Not From the Brain Mary Beth Hazeldine
This is Why You Suck at Exercising Mike Toney-Hoffman
How To Spot and Experience the Good Things in Our Lives Mukundarajan V N
6 Best and the Worst Foods for Your Gut Health Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Towards a New Land: Sailing the South Seas to New Beginnings Maryanne Marsters
Yes, THAT IS My Name Misty Rae
You Can All Breathe a Sigh of Relief: The Biggest Idiot to Ever Live Has Been Located and… Markus Scorelius
What Goes In My Drafts Folder Stays In My Drafts Folder — Forever Mike Lewis
Excess Salt in the Body Nedelcu Alina
What No One Will Tell You About About Competitive Niches Nora
Why JP Morgan Paid $25,000 for 2 Sentences Mike Toney-Hoffman
Dating and the Climax Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
A Must see Movie, ‘Victoria and Abdul?’ Pam Winter
Medication by Default not by Choice Moryt Milo
I never doubt Nasar Karim
The Dawn of Web 3.0: Why It Matters? Parash Sharma
How to Make Money With Instagram for Beginners In 2022 — You Must Act Now Richard Appiah
The Harsh Truth Behind Earning $12,000 From Quora Partner Program Neil Shah
Cartesian fly N. A. Kazi
Dating and Pulling Out Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
Best AI Websites — Part 4 Priyanka Rana
Innovative Strategy To Kickstart Your Business In 2022 Nora
Selected Stories on How to Improve Life Øivind H. Solheim
How You Can Read Minds and Influence People Sam Starkman
10 Tips To Get More Done In Less Time And Scale Your Business Samira Holma
Check Out These 3 Nonfiction Websites Looking For Freelance Writers Pamela Kazmierczak
Men: Do You Provide Value? Goods and Sundries Olivia Love
Where, is ‘Home’? Suma Narayan
I am Shashi’s Life Instinct and Here’s a Day in My Life. Shashi Sastry
Learning To Be Thankful Is Easy-Tech Ed. Vol 1 Pascal writes
Russia’s ‘Dangerfield Syndrome’ Paul Cohen
How do interest rates and Bond prices affect the demand for cash/money? SURYASH KUMAR
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Me Penny Grubb
How To Attract Thousands Of Readers Patricia Ross
How To Lose 6 Kilos In A Month Tom C
Statesmen vs. Politicians Uvebruce
The 3 Pillars Of Happiness According To The Oldest Study On Happiness Prince Verma
The Break Rayna Pummel
When Citizens Are Zeros to the Left of Unity Veritas Civis
Our Planet Ulf Wolf
How to Adopt Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection to Gain Competitive Advantage Sam Schreim
10 Side hustles paying up to $100/hour Shu Hasegawa
The Canary That Imitates The Cat Sav Map
Does Inclusivity Trump All? Wayne Boatwright
Why Female Leaders Need to Get a Cleaner. And a Gardener. Wendy Scott
Lack Of Budgeting Means You’re Destroying Your Business — I bet! Sibca Awan
Sarah Reduced Depressive Thoughts and Feelings Leading to Joyful Ones. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
What Pornography was Like During the “Bridgerton” Era Brian Loo Soon Hua
Bridge to Heaven Wenqi Glantz
Are you addicted to your biweekly dopamine hits of “Compensation”? Srikanth
Have You Eaten The Frog Yet? Tamil
Blood Money Pt. 1: Stony Brooks
Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #05 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
Thought I’d Die Before I Started Living The Blind Study
Hand-Picked Articles #75 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
Who Are You? Thesilkroads
Compassion Through Journey of Self-Discovery Vahagn Chobanyan
War Is Peace Ulf Wolf
If This Idea Happens, Both the Medium Platform and the Authors Could Make Tons of Money Valerio
Texas Woman’s Arrest for Using Abortion Pills an Ominous Sign Vanessa Gallman
Norma Lost 20 Pounds with a Single Resource at Home Dr Mehmet Yildiz
8 Things You Need To Do To Find Your Purpose In Life Wellness Xplora
Internet Dating Slang Singles Need to Know According to Google Wendy Scott
The Second Last Time I Played Outdoors Was An Eternity Ago. Is This the New Childhood? Vritant Kumar
Lessons from Believing The Easter Bunny Is Real You, Me and Happiness
12 Habits and Mindsets That Revitalize Me and Add Meaning to My Life
Let’s welcome the new writers who join us today.
Caroline Hinchliff, MSc, Fridman Wealth Partners, Vishal Gandhi, Nadine Peterson, Harish Chaudhary, Anjie Nkweti, Dasdakshyani, Unorthodox, Macro Ethic, Rodrigo S-C, D. E. Arab, Dayna Lellis, Tom Egelhoff, Vanda Bajs, Santalakshmi, Emmanuel Ogamdi, Muskan Madaan, Jatin Bansal, Brickglobaltechnologies, Redatheworld, Mani Pathak, Infraveo Technologies, Tom Egelhoff, E.B Mariam, Elena, Brajendra Kumar.
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!
Julianne Buchler, Michael Cappelli, Bearded Anon, Nour Boustani, James Baxter, Arianna F., Christian Saldana, Ivin Toms, Evan Steeg, Colin Matson-Jones, Frank McKinley, Nyx Fox, Jesús Lagares, Chad Rayborn, Jim Edwards, Artemis Sullivan, Amos, Vertis Williams III, George Atkins, Adedotun, James William Garrett, Garrick McFadden, Joseph Yossarian, Krunal Misal, Wavin Group, sarahshort, Thumbprint, Rumoz, Candace C, Robyn Norman, Crystal Guthrie, Ann Thomas, Octavia Steen, King Chuks, Lipika Agrawal, Paul DelSignore, Prashanth Panta, Dee Per, Isabella Baum M., Wendy King, Blogs by J, Think + Destroy, Malcolm Keithley, BoNeZ, Maribel Toscano, Rosalie Green, Bethany Norris, Lyvie Cantave, Saja Fendél, Sherif E., Sofia Chesnokova, AlibsWrites, Jim Fritzen, Michael Gough, Brian Fairchild, Joanna Michael, Gagan Singh.
The key point for new contributors is to review the onboarding pack, as it includes publication-specific information for a smooth transition. We attached it below.
As a benefit of fast publishing, your stories will start earning income and finding more readers quickly.
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Please Note that not captioning images and using copyrighted photos will lead to the 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.
We are sorry to read about the substantial drop in stats. All writers seem to be affected. Writers are not sure whether their stories are distributed. We posted a bulletin about further distribution issues when the stats started dropping. Please see the attached story for details.
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Let’s Meet Our Editors Who Published 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
Essential Checklist for Writers and Bloggers
How to Write Content Guaranteed to Get Views and Reads
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
Guiding Posts on our Publications
Publication-related stories can be accessed via this collection.
Onboarding Pack for New Writers
New writers, please read this pack before submitting your stories.
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 by Dr Yildiz, owner of our publications
I Write about Health as It Matters.
Invitation to ILLUMINATION YouTube Channel
Invitation to Write for ILLUMINATION on YouTube Publication
Invitation: Join ILLUMINATION Gaming Publication as a Writer
Publications by Our Writers on Medium
Why Writers Need Personal Publications
Illumination Fiction Club
Invitation to Potential Writers
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