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This new collection includes eclectic pieces with exciting writing styles. We selected engaging and educative stories from our curated collections written by experienced contributors of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium. These stories include many topics.
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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 David Reversed Fatty Liver Disease After 65 with Lifestyle Changes. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
I Don’t Care If You Think Mixed-Race Babies Are Weird Tim Denning
Ever Wonder Why We All Think So Many Useless, Involuntary Thoughts? David Gerken
You Only Want the Wanting Ayodeji Awosika
5 Hard Lessons That People Struggle to Accept Sean Kernan
7 Priceless Lessons About Happiness I Wish I Knew About Earlier Sinem Günel
What I Learned About Life (And Myself) From Biking in Copenhagen Anastasia Frugaard
Make More Money with Your Cryptocurrency: A Review of Yieldly Nick Sokol, PhD
11 Counter-Intuitive Strategies to Survive a Narcissist’s Smear Campaign Melissa Kalt, MD
The Search for the Best Route to Self-worth: Is there a Single Path, Or Are all Paths the Same? Mark Sanford, Ph.D.
Leadership is a Process, Not a Person Justin D. Henderson, PhD
Gave Intermittent Fasting Four Months Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.
Reading the Bible in a Year Has Not Been Conducive to Spiritual Growth Cathy Chapman, PhD
Why Derren Brown’s Stoicism Is The Solution to Happiness You Didn’t Know You Were Looking For Sebastian Purcell, PhD
When People Connected to You Could Care Less Dr. Deborah M. Vereen
Spirituality & Religion Cristo López, PhD
Doubt — The Flip Side of Faith Cedric Johnson, PhD
Counting On Each Other As The World Falls Down Christyl Rivers, Phd.
From The Editor’s Desk: A Warm Welcome To All New Writers ‘At Readers Hope’ Dr. Preeti Singh
A Reflection on “Role Model” Axiom Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
5 Powerful Things Kids Can Teach Us About Being Resilient Kristie Leong M.D.
We must change our ways. Dr John Frederick Rose
Justification Dr. Fatima Imam
Alexander McQueen Inspired Millions With This One Epic Show Isaiah McCall
I started a Fiverr side hustle 6 months ago — Here’s what happened Jenn Leach
Why Is It Important To Dismantle White Supremacy To Save The Planet? Rebecca Stevens A.
How To Write Like Hemingway George J. Ziogas
Introducing Two Vocal Writing Contests Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
You Don’t Have to Apologize for Things You Enjoy Ira Robinson
A paper claiming smartphones created a mental health crisis in young girls should be retracted James C. Coyne
An Old Lady, a Troll, and a Very Nice Writer. Janet Meisel
Will You Extend Your Life Through Intermittent Fasting? Ange Dim
Do You Have Animal Instincts? Good — Let’s Run, Move And Kill It! Rob Hourmont
10 Times Cemeteries Were Relocated to Make Way for Human Progress Jennifer Geer
40 Quotes to Make You Laugh, Cry and Think Gareth Willey
Why Environmental Sustainability Matters and How You and I Can Contribute Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
Why Artificial Super-Intelligence Concerns Thought Leaders ILLUMINATION Amplifier
Ukraine: A Short Story Frank T Bird
I Earned 500+ Followers in 1 Week, and So Can You — Follow for Follow Balancing Act
7 Stages of the David Perlmutter Experience Benjamin Carter
My Obsidian Setup (Part 30) — Projects Update Nuno Campos
Outstanding Stories — Volume 86 ILLUMINATION-Curator
Outstanding Stories — Volume 86
Selected stories from top writers of ILLUMINATION-Curated
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Robots In Healthcare and Beyond Beth Byfield
What Three Years of College Have Taught Me Ankit Nagar
64 Crayons Aasha Krishnan
Russian Invasion of Ukraine Is a Window to the World Abhishek katare
4 Simple Rules to Write Faster Aliou Sidibé
Tips for a Healthy Relationship Bogdan Mtn
Best Negotiation Tactic to Always Get Your Way Calum James
The Surprising Reasons Why I Continued Jung’s Research Christina Sponias
Remembering My Grandmother from Ukraine DC Palter
YouTube Must Block War Games Ads Now Dimitrios Fanourios Pischinas
To Vax, or Not to Vax? Elizabeth Emerald
The One Thing That Makes It Hard For People to Reject You in Any Situation Emmanuel A. Anderson
Three Little Mindset Shifts That Can Make a Big Difference Enya Ray
Five Game-Changing Tips to Design a Customized Diet to Thrive Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How To Deal with Weapons of Mass Distraction Fahri Karakas
Worrying About People In A Story Reading About Themselves Floyd Mori
Should You Study Psychology? Galen Bjarnesen
I Spent Four Years Avoiding My Crush Gerald Sturgill
Why Do We Laugh When Tickled? Gokhan Yalcuk
Tequila Truth Harry Hogg
8 Creative Ways to Make Extra Money Hidayatullah
The 7 Most Common Mistakes Made in Affiliate Marketing Johnathan Reeper
Being A Black Man in America Justin Stinnett
Craft.do — most beautifully designed Note-taking app! Kaushik Trivedi
Seito Sakakibara: The Kobe School Killer — Japan Kevin Vogel
Maybe Some Stereotypes Are True — And We Need to Be Accountable Khadejah
Things You Didn’t Know About Social Media Larrylambert
So Long 9 to 5! Leonard Tillerman
Why a Plant Based Diet is Scientifically Proven Healthy Libby Shively McAvoy
What You Don’t Know About Magnesium Can Hurt You Lisa Manzer
What You Don’t Know About Magnesium Can Hurt You
Don’t count on your lab work for answers
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The Richest Person in Indianapolis Owns the World’s Largest Real Estate Investment Trust Luay Rahil
Being Thin is Everything! Julia E Hubbel
5-Minute Movie Review: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)
Do You Even Read Bro? Mandy McElroy
Can We get Serious about First Contact yet? Markus Scorelius
Improve Your Content Creation Workflow With “.new” Links Marvin Wendt
What Will Happen If We Do Yoga Every Day for 30 Days Midori by the Sea
A New Hope For Portable Gaming Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Get Envious or Get Inspired? Mike Lewis
Hunter S. Thompson Daily Routine — An Odd Way of Life Mofrad Muntasir
How Mother Nature Defeated the Pandemic Mukundarajan V N
Russia Will Lose The War Mustafa Pekcandanoğlu
Medium Helped Me Make Money, Just Not How I Thought It Was Going To Work Nathan White
4 Ways AI Can Improve Your Productivity Niklas Lang
Why You Should Try Period Pants Nkeonye Judith Izuka-Aguocha
Here’s How I Initiate Mitophagy and Make My Mitochondria Denser in 7 Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
On Thursday, February 10th, 2022, a Farmington MI. Patti Murray Voncannon
Why Can’t We Let Our Leaders Be Human Like The Rest Of Us Paul Walker
How Would You Like To Be E.N.T. J? Pius Adejumobi
How To Stop Poking Your Nose In Other People’s Business Riaz Laskar
The Obsidian Rose Roxy Wright
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Vladimir Putin S M Mamunur Rahman
Adaptation: A Key Skill to Thrive in the New Normal Sanket Pai
Craziness in Our Very Reality Sarah Marie
One Theory of Gravitational Pull Scott Ahlsmith
What is the Natural Source of Our Responsibility? Shashi Sastry
Hand-Picked Articles #29 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
Putin Just Poured Ketchup in YOUR Coffee Tim Ebl
Putin Gets SWIFT Justice Tree Langdon
Certainties Ulf Wolf
Money, Sex & Religion: Three Topics You Must Discuss With Your Date Before It’s Too Late Wendy Scott
How To Use The Law Of Attraction To Get Fit Josie Timberlake
Elon Musk WW3 Warning to Russia You, Me and Happiness
Gates Nova Binx
Awkward Turtles Make Weird Babies Linda Osipow
She Was Wild Charlene Erazo
Frederic Chopin Ted’s List
Freelance Writing — 31 Writing Call For Submissions (as of 02/28/22) — Make Money By Writing… Pamela Kazmierczak
Do You Always Make a Plan? Marsha Hamby Savage
13 Animals that Symbolise Wisdom Trevor E Hudson
Today is the First Story of the Rest of My Life… Don Martin
Invitation to Write for ILLUMINATION on YouTube Publication Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Magnesium Is Not Just Another Mineral Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Meet Bryan Dijkhuizen
10 Things I’ve Learned From Life Before It Was Too Late Alberto Guerrero
Want to Ban Crypto? You Are Standing Against Ukraine’s Freedom Alvin T.
Why I Stopped Posting on Social Media Amy Huang
Important Life Lessons from 30 Personal Stories Inspiring Me on Medium Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
15 Beliefs to Make 4 Figures a Month Online Annie Wegner
Best Destinations for Digital Nomads On $1000 Per Month Ashley Tavares
Everything You Got Wrong About Medium Attila Vágó
How to Survive Depression Brenda Michelle Ellis
Good Morning. Good Afternoon. Good Evening. Good Night. Brooklyn Muse
Reduce the Risk of Metabolic Disorders to Get Lean, Fit, and Happy Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Why Is It So Easy to Slip Back Into Bad Habits? Carlos Jeronimo
Russia, Ukraine & Being A Better You Caryn Leach-Smith
The Traits of Man That God Fears The Most? Chappell Skywalker
We Got Vaccinated Today, And I Think It Did Something Spiritual To Me Lwazi
5 Reasons you need a morning routine Chidera Oluebeube
Four Deeply Disturbing Beatles Songs That Would Make A Modern Woman Scream…And Run For The Hills. Daniella Gaskell
Motivating Monday Destiny S. Harris
Comparing Schools Can Be Costly For a School Don Sabado
The Lesson of Bus 22 Edward Thomas
Disease du Jour: From A To Z: Elizabeth Emerald
Even Hattrick, the football of the imagination, in solidarity with Ukraine Francesco Carrubba
America, in the final stretch, is failing Harry Hogg
I Wanted To Write A Simple Story About Rejection and Finding Solace in The Garden. Janice Macdonald
The Real Reason Media Hates Louis Farrakhan Jaron Mays
Writing Solutions With Medium Publications Mean More Exposure, Readers, And Writers! Deon Christie
Birds Nasar Karim
Discover the Power of Traffic Driving Articles Jeff the Content Coach
Rosalia Accelerated Fat Loss by Fixing Three Health Conditions Dr Mehmet Yildiz
My Simple Trick to Avoid Trolls On Medium Jennifer M. Wilson
It’s Never Too Late To Fight the Good Fight — Late Bloomers Welcome. Jennifer Pierce
Do You Also Save Your Apple Packaging for Way Too Long, or Is It Just Me? Joel Selby
7 Key Secrets To Becoming A Successful Copywriter Johnathan Reeper
An Ode To The Pancake (And Crêpe) Kay Bee
Try To Reduce Your Plastic Use Because Recycling Isn’t Cutting It KL Simmons
Writer’s Blokke Closed Its Doors For New Writers Kristina God
Cool stories I read for the week of 2/21/2022 to 2/28/2022 Lawson Wallace
An Experiment in Human Telepathy: What could possibly go wrong? Markus Scorelius
How I Went From Salesman to Writer in 6 Months Monty M.
Misleading N. A. Kazi
The Simple Reason Why the Pomodoro Technique is a Terrible Productivity Tool Nicole Linke
Ten Practical Steps Fixed Lucy’s Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Artificial Intelligence Writers vs. Human Writers: The Experiment Begins October J.
You Don’t Know, And I Don’t Know Either. Peter Middleton
The Surprising Way To Build A New Habit Prince Verma
Excessive — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
The Value of Consistency Spencer Josephson
Why I Stopped Journaling. Steve C
Why We Still Waste the Most Precious Resource on Earth? Story Taller
The Man I Live With Act 4 Suma Narayan
Sometimes Suntonu Bhadra
If You Are a Writer, Stop Reading Stories About Success on Medium Tarun Gupta
My Tax Dollars At Work William (Dollar Bill) Mersey
Why I’m Only Setting Quarterly Goals This Year Catherine Arnett
Defeat Chronic Stress for a Healthy and Happy Life with Five Tips Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation relishsavour
The Best Gift You Can Offer To Help A Friend In Need Lucia Landini
You Do You Jonathan Morris Schwartz
What I Learned From a Year Dedicated to Writing a Novel Luke Beling
Scaling business needs to be done with wisdom and in local hubs. Desiree Driesenaar
7 Ways to Protect Yourself from Scammers Nihan Kucukural
World of One Katherine G. MacRae
5 Ways to Say How Can I Afford it, Instead of it’s Too Expensive Tom Handy
Could Trump Have Rigged The Election And Still Lost? Jennifer Friebely
A Japanese Mother Hires a Father for Her Daughter Zul Bal
A Japanese Mother Hires a Father for Her Daughter
A complicated story of love and longing
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Do You Use Data To Understand Your User Or To Control Them? Leo Guinan
Perfectionism Is an Excuse for Hiding in the Shade Christian Soschner
Running In the Medium Marathon — Year One John Teehan
Warehouse Party Degradation James G Brennan
Depression Has More to Do with Addictions and Less with Economic Conditions. 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.
Alexa Rose, Orianne Gambino, Diana ورده, Sebastyan Papp, BM Writes, Alex Stanton.
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.
Lynne Murray, Nourelhouda Chouia, Brian Fairchild, Sevda Çelik, Christian Neale, 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 ✨
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.
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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.
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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