Editor’s Choice
Hand-Picked Articles #66
Chosen by senior editors of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium
Dear Readers and Writers,
Today, we selected and compiled beautiful stories from collection #50 published by ILLUMINATION featuring the great work of contributors of Illumination on Medium.
Now, 15,000 writers submit stories to this publication.
You may find some of my previous collections at the end of this post. We also compile them at this link for easy access. We invest time in them as each collection includes many engaging and informative pieces for readers.
In this post, I have chosen stories from the attached collection created and posted by ILLUMINATION previously.
The 2022 collections by ILLUMINATION are kept in the following link.
You might find the account IDs of new writers who joined our publications on the day when collection #50 was posted.
Curated Articles from ILLUMINATION’s Volume #50
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION
What if We Can Package Fasting as a Therapeutic Pill Dr Mehmet Yildiz #health
Why Vitamin B12 Matters for Health & How to Address Deficiency Dr Mehmet Yildiz #health
Collected Stories from Dr John Rose. Dr John Frederick Rose
What Signs Reveal a Covert Narcissist is Preparing to Devalue and Discard? Melissa Kalt, MD
168 hours of Netflix without a break! Doctor Ajit
How I Got 100,000 Social Media Followers In Less Than A Month Matt Lillywhite
Bolstered Dr. Fatima Imam
Does Optimism Stink as Bad as Pessimism? Amy Sea
Make 2022 Your Best Saving Year with 3 Easy Tips A A F
Empathy 101. The Effective 4-Steps Method to Feel With People. Matteo Cervelli | People Gardener 🧑🌾
Daily Done: Part 3 — a Simple Prioritizing System Alex Philippe
Daily Done: Part 3 — a Simple Prioritizing System
How to tell which tasks to tackle first
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The Eternal Curse of Never Being Satisfied Aliou Sidibé
A Homemaker? No, I’m a Housewife. Alex Rosado
Why Religion Holds Back Science AMIKO
Why Shortform Stories Are The Worst Attila Vágó
Medium Cats, Please Thank Your Paws for Awesome Every Day Job Andrey Pilipets
How Covid Taught Me to Get off My Butt and Create Audrey Stimson
The Happiest Story I’ve Seen Berna Tural
My Medium Most Viewed Stories Augustine Habenga
The Four Agreements — A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom Biliz Maharjan
Just When I Didn’t Think It Could Get Any Better KL Simmons
Are you high? Brooklyn Muse
Communication Stresses Me Out Bryan Dijkhuizen
Use This Tactic to Gain Traction On YouTube In 2022 Burk
How Majoring in Political Science Improved My Writing Skills Buket Mat
I Brought a MacBook Pro 3 Years Ago After Fantasizing About One Calum James
Keeping Up With The Joneses Is Stupid, But Not For The Reasons You Think Carrie Kolar
Meditation — How To Get Started Carl Poland
This is How the Audio on Medium is Working Casimiro Designer
5 Signs Your Life Is Destined For Bigger Things Chrissie Marie Massey
How A Simple Haircut Turned Into Something A Whole Lot More. Charles Waters
One Thing You Must Understand About The Securities Market Chun Hao
Michael Jackson: Symbol of Masculinity Coke Francis
I Got 99 Problems David Vilentchik
Why I’m Picking More Than 1 Niche as a New Writer Dessy John
Quote Series #1. Mark Twain about Clarity of Speech Denys Opria - Ukrainian
This Just In… Don Martin
Five Tips to Slow Down, Lose Fat, and Enjoy Life Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Old People Can Prepare For Death To Come Knocking Floyd Mori
Blasted for Bias and Negligence Elizabeth Emerald
It’s Getting Harder To Not Despise The World Frank T Bird
5 Ways to Hone Your Freelance Writing to Meet Your Editor’s Standards George J. Ziogas
Find Discipline in The Present, Reap Big Rewards in The Future Gereon Wellmann
Work on Making the Changes You Want to SeeHealingLivMama
Hack Your Reading Speed Gokhan Yalcuk
Preprogrammed I. Trudie Palmer
How to Easily Succeed Anywhere J.D Rehbein-Wrightstein
Everything We Do Boils Down To Either Love Or Fear James Ssekamatte
You’re Where The Monsters Belong Jade Willow
If You Sliced Off The Top of My Head, it Would Look Like This . . . Janice Macdonald
Why I’m Following Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps to Financial Peace Jennifer Pierce
21 Life Changing Quotes about the Power of Content Jeff Herring
21 Life Changing Quotes about the Power of Content
Which ones will you profit with first?
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James Comey And The Great Dental Floss Escape. Jim McAulay🍁
What is the future of Education? John Archer
They Are Trying to Kick Me Out of the Medium Partner Program Joseph Seifert
You Can Become the Writer You Always Wanted To Be John Teehan
Scots-Irish, Appalachia and the imprint of Cousin America Judy Owens
Day 8 • ProFest at Parliament: Navigating the Uneasy Feelings and the Fear of Judgement Kara-Leah
My Own Eyes K.B. Bailey
I Certainly Hope Journalists Start Getting Better at Referencing Others Kevin Zuccherato
Millennials don’t listen to you | here’s how to change it Larenzo
Improve Any Skill by Doing This One Thing Kylie van Gelder
I Hated Odessa Texas So Much, I Tried to Enlist in the Navy To Escape Lawson Wallace
I earned $6.19 on Medium Leah-Ashley McCauley
The Last Week in my Dad’s House that Almost Killed me, and my Uncle Lawson Wallace
Blessing In The Skies Lee Mont
3 Methods I Use to Never Lack Inspiration for My Articles Letters from E.K.
I’m a Therapist but Anxiety Still Plagues Me Leeann Pennington M.ed LPC
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Linda Osipow
Honey, cancel the grocery store. I can’t write today… MarkfromBoston
Neurotypical Stims vs. ASD Stims: NTs’ Are Weirder Lorrae
Before War Against China Read These Insights from an American Who Lived there for 2 Years Markus Scorelius
My crippling fear of success Mick
Discovering My Yang in My Yin Michelle Marie Writes
Five Questions about Life Choices We Must Ask Ourselves Today Midori by the Sea
How I Manifested $500 In 24 Hours Neha Sonney, Author
All good things Nasar Karim
You And Only You Nicole Barden
Be Yourself. Be the Person Standing Right In Front of You In the Mirror. Nishith Goyal
Adding an Extra Hand Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
Emotional Safety Is The Term Everyone Needs To Know But Doesn’t Ossiana Tepfenhart
People Fail To Achieve Their Goals Because They Ask The Wrong Question Prince Verma
So, you want a fail-safe way to connect with anyone. Patrick OConnell
A Life Without Regret Is One Of Constant Learning Rafay Hiraj
A Life Without Regret Is One Of Constant Learning
Legend has it you have to break a glass
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It’s All About The Story/ Pitch/ Sell Sarah Marie
My ADHD Symptoms Hid in Previous Articles Rose Malana
Differences between APU, CPU & GPU Sebastian Calderon
WE GET SCAMMED BY OUR OWN EMOTIONS! Story Taller
Happy Twos Day Soul Dancer
Use These Tags Consistently To Increase Your Views Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Not Feeling Passionate About Your 9-to-5 Job? Start here Tamar Meisels
I often get stood up but I can’t help getting stood up SURYASH KUMAR
Hand-Picked Articles #17 Technology Hits
5 Perks of Embracing A Quiet Life Terence Kong
Simple Travel Advice: Don’t Pay for Wi-Fi at Airports Todd Dosenberry
The 3 Things I Wish I Learned Before Becoming A Landlord The Introspective One
Come on, Medium — Why Are You Making Me Fight This Hard for Views? Toni Crowe
3 Reasons Why Data Scientists and Data Engineers Should be Best Friends Valentin Mucke
This is Why… Trish MacEnulty
Song of the Sky Wenqi Glantz
My First Ever Encounter With Beings From The Other Dimension Vivek Naskar
Don’t Let the Society Teach You Whom You Should Hate Wide Writer
Is There a Right Time To Move On From the Pandemic? Napoleon
I Don’t Wish to Startle You, But…William Vincent Carleton
The Ride Up from Batopilas, Part 1 Yonke54
What to Do with Memories You, Me and Happiness
Three Tips to Prevent & Treat Obesity Dr Mehmet Yildiz #health
Magnesium Is Not Just Another Mineral Dr Mehmet Yildiz #health
My Most Cherished Moment Working on “The West Wing” TV Show David Gerken #life-lessons
Seeing The Bourgeois Revaluation in Literature Ellen Clardy, PhD #economy
Squeeze the Juice Out of the Present Stop Daydreaming About the Future Ayodeji Awosika #self-improvement
The True Story Of The Confederacy Moving To Brazil Matt Lillywhite
Reading the Bible in a Year Has Not Been Conducive to Spiritual Growth Cathy Chapman, PhD
A Coat of Time Arthur G. Hernandez
Real Estate Agents Can Be the Worst Humans in the World Tim Denning
Three Tips to Improve Cardiovascular Health Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Why You Should Enjoy Social Media But Not Get Addicted To it Dr. Preeti Singh
Meet Lanu Pitan
Three Tips to Emotional Regulation Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Establishing Utopian America Qadir Abdus-Sabur, Ph.D.
Beware the Foot-Licking and Tooth-Pulling Demons from Persia Brian Loo Soon Hua
How I Earned $360 and 6,800 Views From A Single Story Viktor Marchev
How I Healed Abdominal Bloating and Distension Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Read This When You Want To Make Money Via Investing Richelle Délia, PhD
How Reading Scientific Research Can Improve Your Writing: A Beginner’s Guide. Ben Rutt, PhD
On Trauma & Addiction: Lessons from a Defensive Iceberg and His Oversized Hat Dr. Cort Dorn-Medeiros
Shocking Stats About Non-Communicable Diseases Dr Mehmet Yildiz
WHY are you asking me this? Dr Andrea Polzer
Meet Julius Evans by ILLUMINATION
Times Change From Good Old Stiff Neck Ties To modern Gorpcore Dr. Preeti Singh
Meet Sufyan Maan by ILLUMINATION
Invitation to My New Publication Illumination YouTube Coordinator
Trending Stories on Publication at the Time
Five Tips to Melt Visceral Fat and Have a Defined Belly Dr Mehmet Yildiz
School Should Teach Us These Eight Simple Things (Yet It Doesn’t) Tim Denning
Fasting Can Change Brain Chemistry Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Six Lifestyle Habits to Skyrocket Fat Loss Dr Mehmet Yildiz #health
Reasons Why My (European) Husband and I Will Eventually Leave America Anastasia Frugaard
Three Tips to Eliminate Insulin Resistance and Shrink Waistline Dr Mehmet Yildiz
We liked this story in a video form developed by Illumination YouTube Coordinator published on YouTube.
Aiden created a video for this trending story titled Magnesium is just not another mineral by our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz.
How To Become A Top Writer In Three Months on Medium
We can learn a few tips to become a top writer from this video. I will follow guidance provided by Dr Yildiz.
Happy second birthday to ILLUMINATION!
This is my favourite video.
Meet Arlo Hennings, Ph.D. top writer and senior editor
Meet Carla Woody top writer and published author
Meet Bill Abbate top writer and senior editor
Meet Lawson Wallace, top writer and senior editor
Meet Dr Michael Heng, top writer and senior editor
Meet Dr. Preeti Singh top writer and senior editor
Meet Karen Madej, top writer and senior editor
Meet Julius Evans, top writer and senior editor
Meet Shashi Sastry, top writer and published author
Learn about how to write viral articles and blogs
Learn about our quality checklist for writers to improve content.
Learn about the value of YouTube for Medium Writers.
Learn about Illumination Integration Publications on Medium.
You might check other videos on Illuminaton YouTube channel. Please consider subscribing to our channel to be notified when we post new videos.
My Previous Collections
The following links are a few of my featured collections in 2022. I hope you find some gems in them. You will be surprised when you open each collection. As they are too many I only link a few recent ones.
You can access the whole collection from the following link.
Please note that writers of ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR, ILLUMINATION on YouTube, Technology Hits, SYNERGY, and Readers Hope can share links of stories at ILLUMINATION Slack Workspace in the channel called #post-your-own-writing-here. You may also nominate great articles of other writers on the #featured channel.
Helpful References for New Writers
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION
Essential Guides for New Writers
Onboarding Pack for New Writers
New writers, please read this pack before submitting your stories.
Publication Resources
Essential publication related stories can be accessed via this collection.
Meet Writers from Their Pen
Curated Writer Bios
Learn about contributing writers of ILLUMINATION written by their pen
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Meet Editors of Our Publications
Publications of Our Writers on Medium
Invitation to Write for ILLUMINATION on YouTube Publication
Invitation to ILLUMINATION YouTube Channel
Newsletter from Illumination Integrated Publications
Join Illumination Fiction Club
February Updates from Euphoria owned by Dr Mehmet Yildiz
In this collection ILLUMINATION introduced our editor profiles. I hope writers and reader can learn more about the background of our hard-working and supportive editors.
Meet Dr Mehmet Yildiz — Dr Mehmet Yildiz Chief Editor and Owner
ILLUMINATION-Curator compiled these profiles. Collection of Editor Bios: Meet Editors of Illumination Integrated Publications.
Personally Read and Curated Picks: From Illumination’s curated collections 82 and 83 Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
Personally Read and Curated Picks: From “Hand-Picked Articles #50” Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
New Writers That You Will Love John Cunningham
Two Incredible Writers that You Should Read Julius Evans
Helpful References for New Writers
Starter Kit for Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories on Medium
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
Selected Videos from Illumination YouTube Channel
Please enjoy this valuable and inspiring video about writing viral stories by Illumination YouTube Coordinator
Our quality checklist for writers…
Value of YouTube for Writers
Introduction to our publications
A great video introducing Karen Madej, top writer and senior editor of ILLUMINATION.
An excellent video introducing Dr Michael Heng, top writer, thought leaders, and editor of Illumination Integrated Publications on Medium
Here is a beautiful video introducing Julius Evans, top writer and editor of Illumination Integrated Publications on Medium
A video introducing our supportive inspiring editor Dr. Preeti Singh.
Another great video introducing Shashi Sastry, top writer on Medium and published author — Philosophy of Life Instinct
More videos on Illumination YouTube Channel. We enjoy raising profiles of our writers by creating visibility to their content. Please follow our channel and be part of our exciting journey.
ILLUMINATION on YouTube — New Publication
Illumination YouTube Coordinator has created a new specialist publication for YouTube enthusiasts. All writers are invited. We will announce this new publication shortly. This is sneak preview for writers and readers.
Updates and Highlights from Euphoria Publication on Medium by our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz who encourage writers to create their own publications
Here are the reasons Why Writers Need Personal Publications!
Meet New Writers Joined When This Collection Posted
Let’s welcome these new writers and explore their stories clicking on the profile links below.
Lorenzo Barretta, Cecilia Henry, Angie Thompson, Black River, Andrea Maggetto, Joe Schuberth, Parvinder Jandir, Benjamin Jordan, Damian Shchur, Karen Lynn, Viraj Randev, Dr Ash, Otutu Chidinma Janefrances, Aashish Bhatnagar, Iván Melicoff Abril, Linda Locke, 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐈, Nikunj Savaliya.
New writers need to check the onboarding pack before submitting stories to our publications. Quality and style of your stories are important for our readers.
Invitation to Potential Writers
To join our vibrant publications, please send a request via this link. We will help you gain visibility and succeed as a writer on Medium. If you are new to Medium, you can join via this link. Readers can read thousands of stories and writers can monetize self-published content.
Social Media Connection
Dr Mehmet Yildiz encouraged editors to join Twitter to amplify articles and poems published in our publications via Twitter and bring more readers to our publications. Here is an interesting post by Illumination YouTube Coordinator reflecting his recent experience on Twitter.
If you have a Twitter account, you might follow our editors and tag them so that we can share your posts. Since editors of Illumination are busy with a heavy publishing workload, I volunteered to compile social media links in a post. Hopefully, it will be ready soon. If you are interested in being listed in my collection, please drop your Twitter handle in the comment section of this post.
In the meantime, you might connect with these lead editors.
If you would like to join our publications as a contributor, please send a request via this link. We will amplify your stories in various ways.
Invitation to Potential Writers
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 point out 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 are endless on this platform”. I agree with his point.