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Today, we curated informative and engaging stories, mainly from ILLUMINATION and a few from our other publications as samples.

Curated Articles from ILLUMINATION Publications
Here’s How Calories Caused Fat Gain for Arleth in a Keto Diet and How She Solved the Issue. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
What I Learned Working in Finance for 10+ Years Tim Denning
The Direct Path To Happiness Lies In This Central Teaching Of Buddhism David Gerken
You’re Not Going to Care About These Things When You’re on Your Deathbed Ayodeji Awosika
3 Surprising Lessons I Learned From Making $10,000 in a Single Month on Medium Sinem Günel
So You Think You Have All the Freedom, America? Anastasia Frugaard
I added a $4,000/month income stream to my business Jenn Leach
Bourgeois Revaluation Raises, if not Praises, the Merchants Ellen Clardy, PhD
5 Reasons a Narcissist Will Revalue You After a Brutal Discard Melissa Kalt, MD
What to Do When You’re Not Feeling Good Enough Mark Sanford, Ph.D.
Redesigning A New World From E-Wedding To Metaverse Weddings. Dr. Preeti Singh
The USA is not the Center of the World Cedric Johnson, PhD
How to Overcome Writer’s Block? Dr. Ming
Transparency of Medical Practice Performance: Winner Strategy for Physicians and Patients Alike Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
Studying Complex Social Systems Dr John Frederick Rose
Deal With Door To Door Missionaries Christyl Rivers, Phd.
The Surprising Ways Death Inspires Us to Review and Do Better Melinda Blau
An Open Letter to Dermatologists Adelia Ritchie
How To Write Like Hemingway George J. Ziogas
Why Ivanka Trump Isn’t Supporting Daddy For His Next Presidential Election? Rebecca Stevens A.
As an Editor, This Is the Top Thing I See Writers Getting Wrong With Their Articles Jennifer Geer
Meet Top Writers of Medium on YouTube Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
An Old Article Randomly Spiked. What Can We Learn From This? Gareth Willey
Condom, Covid, and Caput All Begin With “C” Francesco Rizzuto
Productivity and Lifestyle Nuno Campos
Afraid Of Being Sued For Photo Copyright Infringement? Stop Using Google! Attila Vágó
A Summary of My Family Dynamics & Family Roles After My Baby Was Born: by Mrs. Jessica Lyon Jessica Lyon & Joshua J. Lyon, BSQP, CNP (J & J)
Why Do You Need to Write At Least Three Months to Reap Benefits of Medium? ILLUMINATION
This is How Elon Musk, Bezos, Gates and Buffett Made Their Money Alberto Guerrero
‘Tinder Swindler’ Simon Leviev: A Gaslighting Narcissist Andrea Duran
What Happened When I Decided to Draw Every Day Becca Dorn-Medeiros, EdS
The Law Of Attraction — How To Use It To Get What You Want In Life Biliz Maharjan
6 Tricks to Getting Rid of Sugar Addiction Bogdan Mtn
How I Reached a 90% Curation Rate and How You Can Too Brian Feutz
Language Brooklyn Muse
Playstation 5: There’s Demand But No Supply. Illumination Gaming
I Did China’s Most Dangerous Hike Catherine Arnett
One Publication I Admire on Medium Cathy Coombs
Can we please start being realistic Cortney Knorr
Here are the Words Realtors are Not Allowed to Say Deborah Camp
Here are the Words Realtors are Not Allowed to Say
Describe the property — not the people
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Articles on Health Destiny S. Harris
Hip Check Elizabeth Emerald
Where Are You Going? ElizaBeth Hill
Social Media and Sobriety; Simultaneously Awkward and Awesome Eric Torvinen
How To Design Your Day To Create Magic Fahri Karakas
Responses Which Came After An Article About Homelessness Floyd Mori
Two years after the start of the pandemic Francesco Carrubba
Recommended Stories by Terrific Authors (Series 5) Glenn Stok
5 Secrets About Happy Life That Nobody Will Tell You Gokhan Yalcuk
He asked me, ‘What should I focus on?’ Greg Sweeney
Marriage: It’s Easier to Separate Than it is to Stay with It and Work out the Differences Jaja Requa
What is Abundance? And How Can You Have a Truly Abundant Life? James Ssekamatte
The aim to achieve Jay aware
The Only 3 Skills You Need for Massive Online Success in 2022 Jeff the Content Coach
What is Sparta Online All About? JF Danskin
The 1% Rule of the Internet: How to be a Content Creator John Adam Ledford
Time to Take Massive Action John Cunningham
My Black History Month Commendations Joshua J. Lyon
Self-Love 101 — Part I: Why It Is So Hard Julia Pereira Dias
The Lies I Tell… Kay Bee
Liar, Liar Aasha Krishnan
How to Be Close to Your Loved Ones Without Losing Your Mind Keith R Wilson
6 Simple Strategies for Becoming Unprejudiced Kevin Zuccherato
Your Ability to Listen And Learn From Others Depends on This Crucial Quality Khadejah
In Twenty Years Working as a Security Guard, I found out Something Lawson Wallace
Oh Dave, Where Are You? Lev Metropol
10 Amazing Health Benefits of Carrots Lisa Manzer
Speaking Emotion Little Monster
I Buried The Husband I Never Married Liz Palazzi
My Response to the Reactions on Cheslie Kryst’s Death LJWriter
Defeat Back Pain with Three Postural Tips from a Physiotherapist Dr Mehmet Yildiz
What Makes Love So Scary? Love.
One Year Medium & Key Things I’ve Learned Marie A. Rebelle
Every Little Move You Make Is Magic For Life — Stay On Your Toes! Rob Hourmont
The Grace, the Impossibility, and the Mystery of Li Ziqi Marjan Krebelj
I’ll Help You Get to 100 MarkfromBoston
Lessons From A Broken Heart Michael Patanella
My Thoughts About Medium As A New Writer Mick McIntyre
We do it For Our Customers — Our First Company Get Together Mika Tienhaara
I Dreamed About Crystals, So I Bought Some Missy Crystal
Scarlett on your wrists Nasar Karim
Crippling Self-doubt Every Time You Hit Publish on Medium. Me Too. Nova Richards🪐
I Proudly Get Up Øivind H. Solheim
Boldness is Needed for Your Creativity to Blossom OrlaK
3 Websites and Magazines Paying Freelance Writers Hundreds of Dollars For Articles, Fiction, and… Pamela Kazmierczak
Your day-to-day life will be likely dramatically altered over the next decade and beyond because of… Patrick OConnell
Presidents’ Day Reflections Paul Coogan
We Should Probably Thank Those Damn Money Men paulmartincurry
This 10 Minutes Evening Routine Can Make You More Productive Prince Verma
What You May Be Missing When You Go Outdoors — Part 2 Ray Wirth
One Unique Quality That We All Have as Humans Richard Landeau
So What! Rick Bartrand
Screen-Time — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
Why Do We Write And How Do We Achieve Our Why? SarahJClarke
Another War on the Other Side of the World Scott-Ryan Abt
To See More Clearly Why I Write on Medium Sharon Pillai
Their Loss Sreese
5 Really Small Things That Tell You a Lot About Someone’s Personality Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
5 Crucial Lessons to Make Your Blended Family a Success T Mann
You Wanna Do Something Fun Tamila McDonald
How You Can Move on From Past Regret Tavian Jean-Pierre
Regulate Emotions to Knock Chronic Stress with Five Powerful Tools Dr Mehmet Yildiz
“Are You Positive the Juice Is F-R-E-S-H?!” Teresa Morillas
Beware of Bosses Bearing Gifts Toni Crowe
3 Ways Medium Functions a Bit like Instagram Tunde Awosika
Top 10 Tech Medias You Should Follow NOW Vicky Hui
Disabled Poem Victoria Ponte
Don’t Be a First Date Horror Story: Never Make These 12 Cringe Worthy Mistakes Wendy Scott
What Were Tom Brady’s Most Underrated Skills? Wes Putnam
The #1 Virtue That Prevents You From Ever Being Fulfilled You, Me and Happiness
A Novel, Then Novella Shelby Sullivan
3 Non-Technical Books for Marketing Data Scientists and Data Addicts Valentin Mucke
Daily Done: Part 5 — Maximize Your Productivity With 90 Minutes Work Intervals Alex Philippe
Substance America Zed⚡
On dreaming Ananya Ashok
Eliminate Brain Fog and Improve your Memory by Doing this One Thing Ange Dim
Ph.D. in Escapism Ankit Nagar
The Birth of #Iintend2survive Annelise Lords
The 6 Personality Types You Should Avoid Antonis Iliakis
The 6 Personality Types You Should Avoid
… and limit your time around them to the minimum
medium.com
A Problem With Remote Working That No-one Saw Coming Ashfaq Framewala
The Abandoned Railway track Aswathi Ashok
Are We Really Born To Run? Australian Foodie on Running
Healing Meditation On Ukraine Blair Abee
The Desk is Empty Brooklyn Muse
Call Me Crazy. But This Might Be Why Your Stats Imploded. Julia E Hubbel
5 Online ‘Passive’ Income Sources That I Have Actually Tried Calum James
I Finally Met With a Neurosurgeon That Will Do My DBS Surgery! Carole Olsen
Ariana’s Happiness Tripled After Solving Three Mental Health Issues Dr Mehmet Yildiz
What Happens If Russia Invades Ukraine? Cedric Boogaerts
Why Your Natural Reactions in an Argument Can End Your Marriage and What You Can Do About It Chad Gates
Do You Want To Learn About The Health Benefits Of Pilates? Chasing Dreams
Divorce Made My Ex-Husband an Expert Liar Colleen Sheehy Orme
How Two Hamsters Tragically Died in My Elementary School Danielle Hestand
Fancy Bears Metaverse or How I 4x My ROI In NFT David K.
House Cats of the African Savuti Deborah Camp
Do What You Want Effortlessly Bill Abbate
My Mom Taught me How to Get More Reads Back When I Was Six Don Martin
Think of The School Year as Time Intervals Don Sabado
Managing Time Isn’t the Best Way to Produce More and Better Results Dr Mehmet Yildiz
I’m Infected with Covid 19 on The Island Of Langkawi, Now What? Elvie Lins❤️
Why Elon Musk Sold His Bitcoin Shares Out of Blue Illumination Gaming
Alternate Dimensions Frank Ontario
The “Q-anon” Deal From the Mountain ~ Stories & Photos of JD Adams
4 Hardcore Signs She Isn’t Interested In You Destiny Femi
The Primitive Smile Hala Saneh
How Did I Get 4K Medium Followers? Hidayatullah
Give Up Trying I. Trudie Palmer
Curated Collection #56 ILLUMINATION
Cosmic Inflation, Sex and Cheerios® Improv Cowboy
Cosmic Inflation, Sex and Cheerios®
Or, How To Avoid Living a Meager Life and Dying Alone
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All My Stories and Articles Were Destroyed Ira Robinson
Some of the Best Tips to $100 Jacob K Thomas
Black Spots on a Cat’s Gums: Should You Be Concerned? Jade Augustine
Should I Have Done A Little More Advance Planning Before I Plunged Into The Deep End? Janice Macdonald
The Top 10 Highest Paying Most in-demand IT Jobs for 2022 Jason Aro
Netflix May Be Making Their First PC Game Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Welcome to Medium! Jay aware
Congrats, you secured a job interview! Now what? Jeff Peirish
Congrats, you secured a job interview! Now what?
If you do one thing right, make it this.
medium.com
The 2 Most Overly Used Job Requirements in Technology Hide an Ugly Truth Jesse Bramani
Are You Burned Out? Try These LISS Workouts for Muscle Recovery Jessey Anthony
Me — At Least a Part Of Me Joachim Guth
A Really Effective Four-Letter Word For When Someone Is Being A Total Jerk Joel Selby
22 Life Lessons From Twenty-Two Years as a Human Being Joseph Seifert
The 2,000-Year-Old Vigil Of The Sickle-Nosed Kannan Natesan
Cold War Kids Like Me Grew Up in Fear Karen Lynn
Cold War Kids Like Me Grew Up in Fear
Let Our Children and Grandchildren grow up in Peace
medium.com
‘How Much Should I Save For Retirement?’ is the Wrong Question Katie Reierson
4 Steps To Move From Planning To Execution Kay Bee
It’s Time to Stop Calling Out Kanye West Khadejah
A Secret Message from Emerson or My Future Self? Kim Byrne
7 Days Left Of February’s Fiction Challenge/Contest — Gift Card Prize For Top 3 Winners KL Simmons
Two One-page sites at no cost Lassepetter
The Last 3 Days (03) Christopher Grant
Power of the Mind Little Monster
YouTube is a Super Power. Lori Ballen
You are responsible for your own happiness (and those around you) Mark Eid
How to Boost Your Self-Confidence and Rock Out Your Blog Post Melissa Herb
Are You Living with Regret? Michele Thill
5 Things Everybody Should Consider Before Starting a Side Hustle Mihai Baluta-Cujba
When You Say Yes To Something, You’re Also Saying No To Something Mike Lewis
How do you know what you know? Miss Daisy
Waiting at Midnight N. A. Kazi
The Impact Narcissism Has On Our Emotions Nanna
Everything that’s wrong Nasar Karim
Complaining Nicole Barden
The Love We Had, a Contemporary Novel Øivind H. Solheim
The Emotional Neglect Epidemic Facing Men Across The Country Ossiana Tepfenhart
Websites and Magazines Paying Freelance Writers up to $1,200.00 Per Article Pamela Kazmierczak
I Want to Be Rich and Live Poor Rafay Hiraj
How to Make $1000 or More Online Using Google Search Richard Appiah
What If You Were God? Richard Landeau
Find your life’s purpose by developing these eight qualities Robert Howe
3 Subtle Signs That You’ve Become a Slave of Your Boss (or Job) S M Mamunur Rahman
5 Steps to Take Before Investing in Cryptocurrency for the First Time in 2022 Sam Maiyaki
Wait! Hold Off on the Eraser! Sarah Marie
These Three Magical Words Ended a Friendship Shannon Piérre
5 Ways Sensory Play Can Help Your Child Sonya Philip
What Nature Can Really Do For You Spencer Ellis
How Cognitive Therapy and Nonviolent Communication Can Improve our Daily Life Story Taller
The Man I Live With: Part 3 Suma Narayan
The Glory of Imagination Within the Flock Of Words Suntonu Bhadra
Confessions Of An Online Shopping Junkie Tom C
Why You Can’t Seem to Commit to Anything Anymore (hint: it’s not your fault) Tom Greene
3 Steps On How You Can Easily Analyze Your Best Medium Articles Tom Handy
Life and Death 2 Tomas Byrne
WHY CHARLES DICKENS ENDURES Trisha Ready
Eliminate Fungus Issues in Your Body TruHealth by Kasara
How To Protect Your Incentive-Based Marketing Strategy From Fraud Varsha Lalwani
5 FREE Apps To Make Money From Your Phone in 2022 Vicky Hui
How to Get Rid of Negative Thoughts? Yousuf Rafi
Invitation to “ILLUMINATION on YouTube” Publication on Medium
Beginner’s Guide to Reinforcement Learning Niklas Lang
Relationship between Me and Myself Wahyuni Sapri
4 Best Places To Visit in Norway Bryan
One Word Made My Article Go Viral Wes Putnam
ILLUMINATION editors introduced Annelise Lords by interviewing her. Please enjoy this great interview. We will be interviewing more writers soon and them to this collection.
Featured Writer Profiles
We included some sample stories from their collections. Please explore and enjoy their engaging pieces. They are regular contributors to Illumination.
Meet Jussi Luukkonen, MBA on Medium
Senior editor of Illumination Integrated Publications
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Thank you for reading these profiles and exploring their stories.
Let’s welcome the new writers who join us today.
David Cenicola, M.Ed., Juie Desai, Rita maro, Ade🖊️, Kalpana Khattri, Najmi Akibi, Cam Bass, Mark Randall Havens.
Let’s also please give a warm welcome to recently joined writers. Some of them have already posted their first articles.
Thank you for supporting these new writers’ content. We keep their profiles for a few days in these collections to introduce you.
Julia Kors, Nevena Pascaleva, Blake Baldwin, Libby Walkup, Peace Elohor Amiaka, Cynthia Charleen Alexander, Valorie Lasley, Mikaela Bolker, Dayo Akinrinade, Rohit Veryani, Victoria Taylor, Yogesh Haribhau Kulkarni, Supreeta Arya, Robin Sherk, Tejaswini Katreddy, The Good Habit Coach, Roman Filo, Neil S, Charlotte H, Mohan Chellaswami, John Leung, Anne the Vegan, Dennis Hester, Bella Rose, Harsh N, Mark Vassilevskiy, Roman Filo, Mark Mahon, Jack Bohannan, Sekhar M. K., Narin Narula, Alfredo A. Pardo, Vivek Sinha, Sebastián Villafuerte, Ken Williams, shannon cb, shannon cb, E.I. Sultan, Blanche Durie, Savannah Carreno, Mihaela Roman, Ernestina, The Layman Speaks, Jennifer Pierce, Building Blocks, Jordan S, Danielle Morsberger, Akemi Sagawa, G. Hobson Goff III, Ross McWaters, Annalisa Filippi, Ross McWaters, Annalisa Filippi, Lisa Renard-Spicer, Rosie Stott, Just Jake, Agarwalpurav, Matthew Curtin, Dawn Ulmer, Stephenie Magister ✨
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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
Onboarding Pack for New Writers
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Guiding Posts on our Publications
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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
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Publications by Our Writers on Medium
Why Writers Need Personal Publications
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