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Hand-Picked Articles #217
Chosen by the content curators of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
Today, we selected engaging and informative stories from our curated collections contributed by 16K+ writers. This list covers excellent pieces. We believe you will find valuable stories in this collection.
Thanks for reading and giving feedback on these great stories. You might check out your favorite authors via a keyword search (e.g., Ctrl F in PC).
Here is our previous collection for those who missed it.
We introduce our new writers at the end of the post. Let’s give them a warm welcome and explore their stories.
Today ILLUMINATION editor posted a newsletter. The key point for writers is to submit only one story a day to Illumination due to excessive growth and workload. You may submit more stories to our other publications. Details are in the attached post.
Important Guides for Contributors
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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.
Here’s What Differs Authentic Leaders from Fake Ones Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Here’s How to Deal with Getting Ghosted like a Confident Badass Tim Denning
Use this Ram Dass Idea to Help Heal Your Psyche David Gerken
You Only Want the Wanting Ayodeji Awosika
Utility of Social Determinants Of Health In Physicians’ Practice Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
60 Revealing Things Covert Narcissists Say When You Know How to Listen Melissa Kalt, MD
Musing on (Hu)Man(ity)’s Best Friend Santosh Pandipati, MD
Record Number of Americans Exploring Moving Abroad Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.
10 Things You May Not Know About Me Dr. Preeti Singh
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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Doctors Should Not Shy Away From Faith Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa
The Day I Met an Ancestor Cedric Johnson, PhD
The New Covid Learning Gap In Education Dr. Deborah M. Vereen-Family Engagement Influencer
8 Rules for Building up Self-Respect Mark Sanford, Ph.D.
The Light Of Blind Buying Christyl Rivers, Phd.
Holistic: A Very Annoying Word. Dr John Frederick Rose
Meet Psychologist Cedric Johnson, Ph.D. on ILLUMINATION — Medium ILLUMINATION-Curator
I Learned to Block People, and It Dramatically Improved My Life Anastasia Frugaard
Why Staying Friends with Exes isn’t in Your Best Interest Crystal Jackson
This Writer Charges Wealthy Parents $10,000 for an “On Brand” Baby Name Jennifer Geer
Lower Your Risk of Heart Disease by Eating More of This Ange Dim
Slack Tip: How The Mighty ‘remind me’ Feature Will Save You From Corporate Ghosting Alex Philippe
Illumination The Publication With Real People & Not AI Caryn Leach-Smith
Don’t Join the Great Resignation. Find Meaningful Work Instead Amrit Pal Singh
My Conviction to Play Computer Games and Write About Them Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
One Simple Thing You Should Invest In Before Age 40 Ayoade Emmanuel
He Knew All Their Secrets Alize Henry
Kylie Flavell — Why I Love This YouTuber Belcairn
If You Want to Live Your Best Life, You Have to Face Your Flaws Beth Byfield
8 Dumb Mistakes that Make Your Band Fail Brian Lamacraft
Never Under the Weather Brooke Ramey Nelson
The Story of the PayPal Mafia Cedric Boogaerts
How Do You Find Your Essence? Chasing Dreams
5 Ways To Strategically Increase Your Medium Audience As A Beginner Bryan Dijkhuizen
I Quit My Job and I’ve Never Been Less Motivated Chris Wojcik
Not much for TV Brooklyn Muse
Still Losing Weight to Qualify as a Short Story Don Martin
I Found One More Writing Opportunity To Write as a Freelance Writer Don Sabado
Skin-Scan: Before and After Elizabeth Emerald
Using Kickers to Put Some Kick Into Your Story Titles Edward Thomas
How to Choose Which Topic Goes on Your Blog or On Medium Elna Cain
101 things that can be different in the future: #3 clothes Eva Tomas Casado
Man Awarded $450K After Being Given A Birthday Party Floyd Mori
Allergy attack? Streamer forced to stop live Francesco Carrubba
The builders next door Frank Ray
Do We Really Understand Life? From the Mountain ~ Stories & Photos of JD Adams
How to Be More Masculine and Attract Women Effortlessly Growth Lodge
Hope is Being Pinched Between Putin’s Finger and Thumb Harry Hogg
Dublin, Ireland Gerad Carrier
5 Best Websites Where You Can Write and Get Paid Per Article Hidayatullah
Roseland: Semi-Tropical Heaven at the Bottom Left-Hand Corner of Britain Ian Vince
Curated Collection #108 ILLUMINATION
Amazon KDP Vs. Gumroad: A Review Of Selling Your Books J.R. Heimbigner
Multiple Streams of Article Income Jeff the Content Coach
Hand-Picked Articles #117 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
10 Habits of Truly Happy People Jennifer Thompson
Exactly How Important Being Self-Confident Is When It Comes to Management and Leadership Ivan Popov
I’ve Just Made Top Writer on #Reading. It Is Easier Than You Think Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez
What Does a Healthy and Balanced Life Mean to You? John R. Miles
Hand-Picked Articles #77 Technology Hits
From Imminent Demonetization to The Top 6% — An Uplifting Story Joseph Seifert
Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le Julius Evans
Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #06 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
If You Give a Homeless Person Twenty Bucks, Don’t Expect Him to Go to Burger King Lawson Wallace
7 Secrets to Life by Confucius Letters from E.K.
Living in the Gray Libby Mitchell
Why Acetyl-L-Carnitine Is a Weight Loss, Fitness, & Nootropic Supplement Dr Mehmet Yildiz
They Didn’t Tell Me My Brother Died Lwazi
The End Of Love Macey Malone
Making Money While You Are Asleep M Mahfujur Rahman
10 Tips for a Happier Life, Based on Japanese Wisdom Malinda Fusco
Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Roadmaps Michael Holford
This Nut Is 1,000 Times More Radioactive Than Most Foods Mike Lewis
10 Things To Never Say To A Lawyer Misty Rae
Eight Powerful Life and Business Principles Billionaire Jeff Bezos Lives By Michael Lim
I Am a Hopeless Romantic — Poem MOIIN
Playing God N. A. Kazi
The Neuroses Of Ivy League High Schoolers Ossiana Tepfenhart
The PlayStation 5 Was Apparently Jailbroken Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Freelance Writing — 42 Writing Calls For Submissions (as of 04/18/22) — Paid Writing Opportunities… Pamela Kazmierczak
Traumatic Memories of Home Invasion by Thieves Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Jesus Christ … The Essence of Easter pst tomowo
We Are All Leaving Blood Footprints Pathless Pilgrim
People and Paying it Purvee Chauhan
I started living alone to chase my goals Pushpender Yadav
Success in Life is Like Shopping for New Shoes Rodolfo Urbano, CPA
A Unique Way to be Frugal Rosa Diaz
East of Sunset — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
How The Rains Bring A Sense Of Rebirth And Renewal For All Living Beings Sara Burdick
Statins To Lower Bad Cholesterols: Who Needs It And Who Is Better Off Without It Stephanie Jyet Quan Loo
Cruel World T. Mark Mangum
Hand-Picked Articles #76 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
Dear Grammar Bullies Sreese
Do You Silently Judge Me From Your Computer Screen? The Sober Vegan Yogi
7 Tips to Prevent Cognitive Decline and Impairment Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Why I Read a Book Every Week Tony U. Francisco
Silent Joy Ulf Wolf
How Influencers Ruined Coachella Vanessa Sanchez
Our Government Was a System — How Progressives Took All the Power Veritas Civis
Ten Things You May Not Know About Me Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
Leaving Your Job? Follow These 10 Steps. Vlad Gogish
Between Passion and Reality Wahyuni Sapri
Even an Atheist Experiences a Slice of Heaven Wes Putnam
Eyes Zachary Seda
How would you use the gift of time? Warren “Storyteller” Brown
How Adrian Shredded His Body Landing a Dream Job at a Well-Paying Fitness Company in a Month Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #07 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
Let’s welcome the new writers who join us today.
Stardust Musings, Unilogicpro, Aman Uensis, Yash Sharma, Hasan Cagli, Nicki J, Yao Liu, Sourabh Jain, Kristoffer Quincy, AG Roberts, Anna Boulas, Another Human Problem, Owen Prell, Taimur Ijlal, Claura Jessy, Diana G.Pinto, Olegs Jemeljanovs, PhD, CFA, Aaron Smith, Improvement Strategy, Mae Ghalwash, Pinar K., Sarah Frances Hicks | MFA, MA, Trevor Stark.
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!
Caroline Hinchliff, MSc, Nadine Peterson, Harish Chaudhary, Macro Ethic, Rodrigo S-C, Dayna Lellis, Tom Egelhoff, Vanda Bajs, Santalakshmi, Emmanuel Ogamdi, Brajendra Kumar, 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.
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 the rejection of stories.
ILLUMINATION provided guidance to new writers on collection #133.
ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications support 16,000+ contributors. We are flexible, inclusive, and diverse. We give equal opportunity to all writers and don’t censor their content as long as they meet Medium’s rules.
Different levels of writers (from beginners to accomplished ones) contribute to our publications and make readers happy with their informative and engaging content.
After reviewing and publishing these stories, our volunteer editorial and curation team creates visibility for them in multiple ways. They perform these tasks as a giveback activity. They are not paid.
Well-written stories always find new readers in our publications. We don’t allow them to expire on this platform.
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.
Many writers seem to be affected by decline in stats. 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.
We also explain the situation in the attached story.
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
Sample Curated Collections for New Readers
You might find links to recently featured stories by the ILLUMINATION Amplifier.
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, Hand-Picked Articles #203, Hand-Picked Articles #206, Hand-Picked Articles #209/
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.
Here are the recent curated collections from ILLUMINATION main.
Curated Collection #132, Curated Collection #131, Curated Collection #130, Curated Collection #129, Curated Collection #128, Curated Collection #133, Curated Collection #134.
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.”
Let’s collaborate!
You might find the links to our publications in the following list.
ILLUMINATION ILLUMINATION-Curated ILLUMINATION’ S MIRROR ILLUMINATION Book Chapters Technology Hits SYNERGY Readers Hope Illumination on YouTube Illumination Gaming ILLUMINATION’s Blog
