Editor’s Choice
Hand-Picked Articles #254
Chosen by the content curators of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium for avid readers

Dear Readers and Writers,
Today, we selected engaging and educative stories from our curated collections written by experienced contributors of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium. We are grateful for the contributions of our writers and the support of loyal readers.
This new collection includes eclectic pieces with various writing styles. We covered as many different topics as possible when selecting these stories from the repositories. We believe you will find valuable stories in this collection.
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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 How a Customized Diet Unraveled Multiple Health Conditions. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
No One Talks About How Privilege Goes Both Ways Tim Denning
How Teddy Roosevelt’s Darkest Period Propelled Him to the Presidency David Gerken
Squeeze the Juice Out of the Present Stop Daydreaming About the Future Ayodeji Awosika
4 Things I Didn’t Do To Become a Top Medium Writer Sinem Günel
Why Happiness is Hard(-er) to Achieve in America — Part 2 Anastasia Frugaard
This social media network pays for your content Jenn Leach
44 Can’t-Miss Signs You’re Dealing with a Covert Narcissist Melissa Kalt, MD
What is AI Really? Want to Try AI? Dr John Frederick Rose
Empower Self Discipline by Self-Trust Mark Sanford, Ph.D.
SOLO — 10 Years in Bali (book release) Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.
It is Tough to Live an Interracial Life in the Racist World Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
Seeing The Bourgeois Revaluation in Literature Ellen Clardy, PhD
Reading the Bible in a Year Has Not Been Conducive to Spiritual Growth Cathy Chapman, PhD
Amy and the Shrink Edward Robson, PhD
Happy Addictions — Do They Exist? Dr. Gabriella Korosi
How Communication Is The skill And Soul Of Effective Writing Dr. Preeti Singh
How To See Others As Human Christyl Rivers, Phd.
The Existence of God as Professed by the Nobel Laureates Tara Desai PhD
Math Facts From a Historical Perspective Qadir Abdus-Sabur, Ph.D.
Bad Things Happen to Good People Dr. Deborah M. Vereen
How Reading Scientific Research Can Improve Your Writing: A Beginner’s Guide. Ben Rutt, PhD
The USA is not the Center of the World Cedric Johnson, PhD
When White Privilege Shows You White Lives Matter More Rebecca Stevens A.
The 5 Best Ways to Spend Your Money According to Psychology George J. Ziogas
It’s Not Just the Oceans We’re Trashing: Now Space Junk Is Hurtling Towards the Moon Jennifer Geer
I Finally Joined Vocal+ and Reaped Immediate Benefits. Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
6 Reasons For Thanks, I’ve Encountered From 2020 Lindsay Brown
Viral Stories Attracted A Million+ Views ILLUMINATION-Curator
Pigeons Got Me Out of a Photography Rut Gareth Willey
Curated Writer Bios ILLUMINATION Amplifier
Curated Writer Bios
Learn about contributing writers of ILLUMINATION written by their pen
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Increase Your Health & Lifespan by Doing one Simple Thing Daily Ange Dim
The Dark Side of Trying Too Hard to Survive in The Light ✨ Bridget Webber
Blue Collar vs White Collar Job — Which Is Better? AP Carpen
How to Let Life Choose You: Why Letting Go is So Terrifying Julia E Hubbel
11 Ancient Excuses to Miss Work That Surprisingly Worked 3,250 Years Ago! Aql
Russia has Invaded Ukraine. Here’s What you Need to Know. Australian Foodie on Running
Earn 100+ Medium Followers in 12 Hours with 7 Simple Strategies Balancing Act
Interrupted Work Costs $588 Billions a Year #9 Basilio
The Best Way You Can Develop A Positive Self-Image Biliz Maharjan
The Best Way You Can Develop A Positive Self-Image
Your self-image can make or break you.
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Breaking Britni Britni Pepper
If I “Pull Away” From You: Revisited Jessica Lyon & Joshua J. Lyon, BSQP, CNP (J & J)
Ukraine — Man Against Man Brooklyn Muse
Starter Kit for Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications ILLUMINATION
A Simple Trick to Get Over The Fear of Failure Calum James
Bogdan Munteanu — An introduction about me Bogdan Mtn
The Madman’s 8 Step Guide to Writing Better on Medium Chad Gates
I’m Just Happy to Be Here Charlie Cole
Introduction to Japonica — the Publication of Japanese Culture DC Palter
But What About Your Mental Wealth? Aarti Tailor
Gratitude to Our Soil, Let’s Kiss and Make Up Desiree Driesenaar
Shall We Be Completely Transparent About The Real Racism Problem? Myriam Ben Salem
The Smile Neha Sandhir S
Manage Your Time with These 5 Notion Daily To-Do List Templates Aima Tariq
The Writing Diet: Did I just Lose Four Pounds from Writing about My Break Up? Alayne Unterberger
What Men Really Mean When They Say They Prefer “The Natural Look” Alexandria Roswick
The Most Annoying Coworkers and How to Deal With Them Ali Flickinger
Your Job Isn’t What You Do Don Johnson
Magnesium Is Not Just Another Mineral Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Never say “HOW TO” when you could say, “HOW I” Don Martin
This Is What I Am Learning at My New Job Drashti Shroff
You don’t need self-improvement Eduard Sebastian
Living in developing countries hurts creators Eleanor A
How to Give a Stalker the Slip Elizabeth Emerald
Imagine You Can Speak 12 Languages Fahri Karakas
Social Media vs My Southern Accent Fanae-5, MS
Championship Ice Skaters Perform In “Stars On Ice” Show Floyd Mori
I wrote an interview story with a gamer on Twitch Francesco Carrubba
Time Travel Frank Larkin
I Always Seem To De-Prioritize My Mental Health Gerald Sturgill
The Tinder Swindler and Another Dating Scam Story GFC: Grown Folk Conversations
Your Health In Body And Mind Depends On You Creating An Optimal Balance Of Food, Fitness, and… Rob Hourmont
3 Lunchtime Rituals To Save The Rest Of The Day Jussi Luukkonen, MBA
How I Made Money With Blogging Gokhan Yalcuk
9 Strong Signs A Woman Is Obsessed With You Destiny Femi
How I Turned From a Plan Rejecter to an Enthusiastic Life Planner Gulsun Uluer
High on Life: The Upcoming Game Set in the Rick & Morty Universe Illumination Gaming
The Tragedy of Knowing Ourselves Improv Cowboy
The Article-a-Day Repurposing System Jeff the Content Coach
5 Tips to Make Your Living Space More “Zen” Jennifer Dunne
5 Ignored Steps to Weight Loss Hurting Obese People Jessey Anthony
Management Bug Eduardo Espinheira
3 Mistakes Most People Make When Cooking (with Toddlers) Jessica Rabel
Worried About Your Purpose In Life? Jodie Helm
5 Reasons Sex Gets Better As You Get Older Joe Duncan
Age Tempers Anger Joe Merkle
$1,000 per day in Shopify Drop Shipping: How to Hunt for the Right Item, Advertise, and Sell John Adam Ledford
5 Underrated Side Hustles That Pay Atleast $1000 A Month Johnathan Reeper
The Republican Hit List Kimberlee
Desperately Seeking Catherine Crowley (My Half-Sister) KL Simmons
I Made a Million Dollar Mistake Kyra Bussanich
Writing About Your Numbers on Medium Doesn’t Make You a Flasher or Braggart Larrylambert
Confront and Conquer Shyness Part 4 Leonard Tillerman
Six Reasons Relationships Fail and the Solutions to Save Them Libby Shively McAvoy
10 Hidden Gems In Spain Worth Visiting Livia Dabs RN,MSc
Sex in the Supermarket Michael L Butler
How Ireland Tackled Parental Alienation and Exposed The “Rotten” Legal System to Save Children Mila
200 Stories In Misty Rae
Friends! Do You Like High Humour? Mukundarajan V N
The girl who is a butterfly N. A. Kazi
So Laissez Faire Nasar Karim
How the Tower Tarot Made Me Feel Last Night NEBOH
The Thing About Back-to-School Night Nick Stockton
Flying Today In The United States Sucks. Why People Are Driving Instead October J.
A Trip in the White and Cold Øivind H. Solheim
How to Avoid a Tinder Swindler: The Ultimate Guide Oliver Romsen
3 Magazines and Websites Paying Freelance Writers up to $1,575.00 Per Article Pamela Kazmierczak
What Are the Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease? Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
Security Awareness and Hacking the Brain Nuno Campos
Are You Being Productive or Are You Making Progress? Patricia Haddock
We Should Probably Thank Our Lucky Scars paulmartincurry
We Should Probably Thank Our Lucky Scars
a poem that tries to make your hurt have meaning
medium.com
Allow Yourself To Write For 30 Days And See What Happens Prince Verma
Allow Yourself To Write For 30 Days And See What Happens
I believe everybody should write
medium.com
How to Grow Your TikTok Audience and Make Money Through Affiliate Marketing Richard Appiah
Try a different way of using this platform Robin Emery
Integrated School — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
Content Marketing For Small Business Shea Cummings
Don’t Settle when it comes to Love Steven Gallagher
6 Ways To Minimize Deadline Stress Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Cry From a ‘Nearly’ Broken-Heart Suntonu Bhadra
Why Elon Musk Sold His Bitcoin Shares Out of Blue Illumination Gaming
Let the Sun Shine on You Tamil
A Few Things I’ve Learned After 271 Posts in 271 Days Tom C
When An Invasion Is Not An Invasion Tree Langdon
Why DO You Care Who Is In Government? Veritas Civis
“How Can I Sound Friendlier?” Here’s the Breakdown Vritant Kumar
The Matt Stafford Video is Hard to Watch Wes Putnam
Set Yourself Free with Power of Now! You, Me and Happiness
Three Practical Postural Tips Learned from a Physiotherapist to Beat Back Pain Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Keto Deficit Steven Anthony
4 Signs You May Have Inverted Narcissism Tendencies Above The Middle
How Black and White Thinking is at the Root of All Extremism AbdulElah AlTamimi (Abi)
Daily Done — Part 7: Minimalism Is The Key Alex Philippe
I Hated Guns, Then I Moved To America Alex Rosado
EMDR Alexandra Duncan
What is My Relationship Attachment Style? Andrea Duran
How to Raise Your Kids to Speak 4 Languages Fluently Andrey Pilipets
Your Coffee & Tea Drinking Habit May be Preventing Two Major Health Downfalls Ange Dim
3 Manifestation Lessons from 8 Years of Trying to Land a Cruise Ship Gig Angela Choi
The Life In Food Annelise Lords
How Quanta Correlate With Your Thoughts Antonis Iliakis
Cat-a-Tonic Aslynn Roe
The two contradictory ways of creating stuff Ben Guttmann
Thinking Zen at a Croatian Barbershop Benjamin Carter
What Being Reliable Can Do for You Bill Abbate
Being With A Beautiful Woman, Attracts More Beautiful Women Black River
Guardian Against the Gloom Brooke Ramey Nelson
5 Best Things To Do In Zürich (Switzerland) Bryan
Why Getting Someone’s Name Right Matters Calum James
Who Will Teach The Children They Are Special? Do You Want To Help? Chasing Dreams
Debunking Fitness Misinfomation Coach Melissa Tarrab
Global Powers Override Human Experience Corina Oana
The Part of the Order Fast-Food Restaurants Get Wrong So Often Darren Richardson
Poem: Healing With Time Dharan.M
What if, instead of guns and sanctions … Diane Gillespie
Why Gratitude Sucks ehilides
The Four Year Old Boy Who Shot At Police Floyd Mori
Have You Noticed The Elephant In The Room Yet? It’s called ‘Nothing Lasts’ Frank T Bird
Inflation or Price Gouging? From the Mountain ~ Stories & Photos of JD Adams
Getting Combative As A Leader Greg Sweeney
There’s No Hope America Harry Hogg
Ariana’s Happiness Tripled After Solving Three Mental Health Issues Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Reclaiming My Divine Femininity: Ushering in a New, Matriarchal Age HealingLivMama
What Is Genetic Testing? Hello100
Curated Collection #58 ILLUMINATION
What Can We Do To Help The People Of Ukraine? J.R. Heimbigner
Your Concept of Morals Is Flawed James Ssekamatte
As a Child In Post WW2 England, I Begged My Mother To Tell Me There Wouldn’t Be Another War. . . Janice Macdonald
Is Divorce PTSD Real? Jennifer M. Wilson
A Lesson In Facing Obstacles Jennifer Smith
Hello. I Don’t Care To Be Normal — No How, No Way JoAnn Ryan
The Godfather: 50 Years Later Joseph Atzinger
How I Find The Courage to Write About New Topics Joy Nibbs
Self-Love 101 — Part II: Three Elements Julia Pereira Dias
The Key to Snatching a Younger Man June Kirri
Grief is Selfish Karen Grant
When A Parent Dies While You’re Away At College Kay Bee
The Moving Train(Wreck) That Is Vladimir Putin — In A Nutshell KL Simmons
New to Writing and Feeling Overwhelmed By All the Experts Kylie van Gelder
What I Have Learned From Writing Bad Stories Leonard Tillerman
Three Practical Tips to Become Fat-Adapted and Shorten Waistline Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Earn an Extra $1000 Per Month by Selling Prewritten Content. Lori Ballen
Why You Need To Care About Ukraine Mandy McElroy
You Are Not Your Brain Mark Eid
An unexpected Heavenly communication Markus Scorelius
An unexpected Heavenly communication
The most unusual inspirational idea I have ever had.
medium.com
Before Canada’s Emergencies Act, There was the War Measures Act (and the police) MCQ
Why I compare complex PTSD therapy to an onion Mick McIntyre
This One Simple Snack Can Cut Your Chance Of Dying By 20% Mike Lewis
Officially An Orphan Misty Rae
The Benefits of Being Mistaken as Pregnant Natalie Forrest
Why More Is Less. Wake Your Zombie Followers Up & Become a Better Writer (“¯\_(ツ)_/¯”) Nova Richards🪐
5 Amazing Ways the Writing World Is Being Disrupted. Are You Ready? October J.
Quotes on Power Øivind H. Solheim
How I Conquered Chronic Negative Thinking Pach Deng
Freelance Writing Opportunities — Make Hundreds of Dollars or More Writing For These Websites and… Pamela Kazmierczak
I Watch My Husband When He Gets Dressed, A Poem Patti Murray Voncannon
The “Creator” Economy Sure Is Creating Snake Oil Salesmen Peter Shanosky
7 Brazen Realities Of The Real World That You Cannot Ignore Pius Adejumobi
You Are Not Out Of Ideas, You Are Tired Rafay Hiraj
Prison of Your Own Thoughts RBGraham
Where Do We Go When We Dream? Richard Landeau
15 More Alternate Endings to Famous Proverbs Rob Dods
Tender Moments — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
I Will Write Roxy Wright
Would You Invest 54.72 USD in a 72 Year Marriage? Scott Ahlsmith
Gaslighting — What is It? Shefali O’Hara
Top 3 Ways to Celebrate Small Wins on the Way to getting Big Win Sidra Masood
Want To Tackle Your Fears? Treat Them Like Goals Spencer Ellis
Don’t Let a Corporate Bully Destroy your Tech Startup Steve Sponseller
My Chinese boyfriend broke up with me overthinking getting married Vicky Hui
Creating in our image: Ego or lack of vision Waking Up Owls
The Return to My Sonic Sanctuary Walter Pop Matthews IV
How To Build A Digital Asset As A Writer. Wellness Xplora
Six Weird New Dating Trends Every Single Person Must Know Wendy Scott
Three common Questions People Have About Homelessness Lawson Wallace
5 Things We Can Do to Manage Our Anger in This Catastrophe Yuko Tamura
Does Optimism Stink as Bad as Pessimism? Amy Sea
Prevent and Treat Obesity in 3 Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Medium Has Given Writers A New Tool Danell teNyenhuis Black
Understanding Communication 101 Fareeha Arshad
My First Tattoo Brian Feutz
The Secret Sauce for Interviewing Customers Jill Ebstein
I Saw You Kiss Him Holly Kellums
Arguable Distance J.D. Harms
Here’s How I Defeated Brain Fog with Six Lifestyle Habits Decades Ago. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Gaia’s Heart Martine Weber
For glioblastoma patients and spouses — ten key things to consider Jennifer Friebely
5 Most Entertaining Books I Read in 2020 Anita Durairaj
Under a Tree during Apartheid Mark C Watney
The 3 Rules of Writing Engaging Articles That Attract an Audience Dayton Parks
The Beginning Of A New Dawn Liam Ireland
Why the Girl with the Grammy-winning Vagina Is Dangerous Andrew Jazprose Hill
Further Observations On My First Year On Medium John Teehan
Magic Summit Trip — Thoughts, Ideas and Feelings Øivind H. Solheim
OVERWHELMED Denise Scholander
VMF 422 — Lost in a Typhoon Mac Daniels
How Did Amazing Tiny Structures Called Plastids Help Make Plants and People Possible? Rich Sobel
Three Simple Tips on How to Live Longer with Vitamin K EP McKnight, MEd
Don’t Forget That Your Idol is Human, Too Ria Tagulinao
Here’s Why I Choose Ketosis as a Lifestyle Habit. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
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.
Snehhh, Thomas A Dorfer, Sevda Çelik, Shahzaib Malik, Christian Neale.
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.
David Cenicola, M.Ed., Juie Desai, Cam Bass, Mark Randall Havens, 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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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.
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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.
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
New writers, please read this pack before submitting your stories.
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
Invitation: Join ILLUMINATION Gaming Publication as a Writer
Publications by Our Writers on Medium
Why Writers Need Personal Publications
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