New Curation Service by ILLUMINATION — Volume 17
Nominated and curated selections from passionate writers tailored for avid readers

Dear Readers and Writers,
We have chosen great stories for your enjoyment today. As part of our new curation service, we compiled this collection to create visibility for great pieces nominated by volunteer editors and ILLUMINATION-Curators of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium.com, which supports 24K+ writers.
We explained the reasons for this post in previous versions. If you missed them, you can find them in these links: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14, and Volume 15, and Volume 16 We believe you will enjoy our volume 17 today.
We are pleased that our special publication, ILLUMINATION-Curated, got recognized as a boost nominating pub. Here is How ILLUMINATION Publications Support the BOOST Program.
Please note that these stories are nominated by volunteering editors (also writers and readers) on this platform, so the stories in this collection reflect their collective taste. As a publication, ILLUMINATION keeps a neutral position for all published stories, and it is impossible to feature over one million published stories. But we will do our best to amplify as many great stories as possible almost daily from now on based on the availability of our volunteers.
Stories hold power, molding a writer’s unique perspective. For example, our chief editor was moved by a recent story, envisioning the impact of more writers sharing their treasured tales similarly. It’s an opportunity to explore diverse narratives and inspirations, enriching this platform with many voices.
A Heart Warming Story of a Woman Who Fell in Love After Marriage But Not With Her Husband
Medium thrives on the essential collaboration between writers and readers, fostering an exceptional space for both communities. Within this platform, our editors and administrators generously volunteer their time, ensuring every writer finds their voice. Their commitment involves daily review and publication of stories without compensation.
By leaving comments, offering a round of applause, sharing stories on social media, and following profiles, you may bring immense joy to these writers. Your support serves as a powerful encouragement, motivating them to craft more exceptional pieces akin to those found in this collection.
Out of 145 volunteer editors, a team of 57 volunteer curators developed this new service idea to address the visibility of stories. Each nominates a few stories from their reading list daily, and our lead ILLUMINATION-Curators compile them into collections like this one for our readers. But we can only add a limited number of stories to keep these posts in a reasonable size.
Our lead curators include them in lists, a great Medium feature. When you see your stories in lists, you may save them, share them on social media, link to them, comment on them, and like the list for increased visibility. The entire curation process takes up substantial time, so we will appreciate your support as your time allows.
Many editors, including our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz, also created a list of the stories they read from our publication. We will compile lists in these collections. Here are sample curated pieces created by Dr. Yildiz recently from his tech account Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Tech)
Building a Synergistic Tech, Business, and Leadership Community — Part III
Extended Benefits to Write for Technology Hits Publication with New Leadership Commitment
Writers’ income dropped in September and October due to fraudulent activities on Medium, as discussed in a story by Mike Broadly, DHSc titled Here’s What Seems to Happen to Medium Last Week.
Interestingly Mike joined the curation team today and created his first collection that you may adore. He has an amazing taste as an avid reader.
He also created a fantastic list that can be easily shared on social platforms.
We recently introduced one of our great writers Ammara Hassan
Our editors enjoy Ammara’s stories and nominate them for these curated collections. You may check other editor profiles in the attached collection.
With this opportunity, we also introduce new writers joining us recently. Let’s give them a warm welcome and explore their profiles. We add their profiles at the end of the collection.
Daily List for Sharing — Volume 17
You will find relevant and enjoyable pieces from this collection covering many topics. Today, our editor and media coordinator Aiden (Illumination Gaming) volunteered to create the list. So you can easily share this collection on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Reddit, or Quora.
Let’s all engage in this list and at least tweet it so that more readers can find these stories. It is the purpose of these curated lists.
We appreciate your wonderful support for these writers who pour their hearts and souls into these stories to delight you.
Here are the nominated stories from avid readers today.
Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION Writers Today
The Vital Role of Vitamin K2 in Health and Disease Dr Mehmet Yildiz
You Need “Beautiful Tortures” to Be Successful in Life — And Escape the Hell of Normalcy Tim Denning
The Shutdown Saga: Of Overfitting, Biases, and Rogue AI Models Shalise S. Ayromloo, PhD
Techniques to Gently Shift People’s Perspective and Change Their Minds Celia Fidalgo, PhD
Globophobia: Understanding the Fear of Balloons. Dr Anthony Thompson
John Rose BSc, BE(Hons), PhD. Dr John Frederick Rose
99% Of People Sleep Wrong — 7 Possible Fixes Kristie Leong M.D.
Tips For A Robust Mental Health Dr. Seema Patel (PhD)
The Role of Nutrition Dr. Gabriella Korosi
Windows Will Be Getting Some Changes Thanks to European Laws Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
A Book Review of Nora Bateson’s “Combining” Kenneth Silvestri
Quantum Computing and the Future of Artificial Intelligence Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Tech)
Fall on Me Pernoste & Dahl
Time Rifts-30: Search for Touzdae — Outside Frank Ontario | empathy, logic, love.
Confessions of an Adopted Daughter — Chapter I Maria Marmo
Thirty Things To Do After You Die — Chapter 13 Colton Lazars
Worth the Risk — Chapter Fifteen izzibella Beau
PENANCE — Chapter XIII Joseph Pereira
Memo in a Beam of Light Laurie Perez
Who Wants Middle East Peace? Forging Consensus on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict — Part 1 David B. Grinberg 🇺🇸
If Your Writing Would Bring Pure Wealth, Would You Still Write At All? Joanie Adams
How I Started a Rebellion by Making and Sharing Food Nihan Kucukural
As I Ate the Roasted Duck My Wife Cooked for Thanksgiving, It Brought Back a Memory Lawson Wallace
Diwali, the Great Indian Festival of Lights, Love and Magic Surekha Chandrasekhar
When I Strayed Away… InYah
Divorcing God’s Man: Don’t Worry. God Knows His Sons. TDO Timothy
How Prior Experience Limits Cell Phone Usage Bill Myers
Life’s Flight Philip Writes
Utah Senator Mitt Romney Continues To Speak Out Floyd Mori
Buying More Guns Won’t Make the Country Safer Alexandra
Where Are Our Politicians? Raveen
Why You Should Talk To The Most Intimidating Person In The Room Aline S.
How I Cured 30 Years of Knee Pain (in 30 Days) With One Simple Exercise Hudson Rennie
Dreams Come True: Homelessness and Restlessness, Waking Up Alone ✅ Doc Samurai Sam
Does Medium Need More Viewpoint Diversity on Gender? Jack Kammer, MSW, MBA
We’re All Heroes in the Making Gail McNulty
Gratitude Turns Everything Into Enough Lorwen Harris Nagle, PhD
Editorial Bio of Abhishek Biswas ILLUMINATION
Why Not to Rush Through Life Abhinav Rai
Things all rich people have in common Abubakar Writes
Beginner’s Guide To Crop Rotation + Charts — Garden Survival Guide Adelaide Girl's Garden
6 Video Editing Tools For (Overly) Busy Entrepreneurs Adeoye Adebayo
3 Tension duos: Attention or Intention, Price or Worth, Happiness or Joy? Ahmadou DIALLO ✪
Unraveling the Layers of Vegan Privilege Alwia Al-Hassan
The Matrix: a portal to inner transformation Ancient SAGES
I Am Hydrogen, This Is My Story Andra Forbes
The World Through the Eyes of an Orphan With Special Needs Ani Vals
Energy-Saving Hacks: 21 Practical Lessons for a Better You Ankita Shetty
Write Unforgettable Stories With This Simple Framework Anton McCarthy
Here’s how I healed myself from constipation with these five Ayurvedic remedies Anuradha Seth, PhD
Mental Health: I Wonder, Will I Ever Stop Getting Anxiety Attacks? Aswathy Ramachandran
You Were Born To Succeed — You Just Have To Remember That Again Benny Lim
History of Friday the 13th Bill Petro
How to Nurture a More Engaged Audience for Your Writing Boateng Sekyere
How a Garbage Bag Breaking Changed My Life Bob Phillips
Hidden Prices of Chasing a Sculpted Physique Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Rage Rarely Leads to What’s Right Brian Tubbs
Life Is Funny And Filled With Moments That Can Crush Us If We Let Them Chasing Dreams
Unveil Hidden Faces: The Masks We Wear CJ Coop
Unpopular Opinion: the Climate-Tech Lexicon is Unnecessarily Exclusive Cole Fitter
Escaping Baudrillard’s Simulacra Creative Introvert
Thoughts on Cancer Survival and Recovery Crystalclearcandace
Reduced Stress Thanks to Mushroom Supplements Darlene López
Why I’m Scared & What I Did About It David Koff
In Crime Ridden Cities Shooting Someone is Called Resume-Building Deborah Camp
Passing the Security+ as a hobby Dfaults
Two Reasons Why We Make Mistakes Don Johnson
6 Practical Steps to Keep Cognitive Load in Balance and Under Control Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Male Depression Pandemic Exists (But It Is Not The End) Dr. Ashish Bamania
Cat-Scratch Disease Dr. K P Vasudeva Rao
The Path to Prosperity: Your First Steps in Financial Planning Duane Michael
Has Culture Really Stopped Evolving? Dustin Arand
Embracing Life’s Seasons: Reflections and Insights Emily Chan - Life and love sharing
Enduring Love and Longing: A Poetic Expression Fabian
The FBI Warns To Be Careful Of Unsolicited Offers Floyd Mori
Americans Erroneously Think Colleges Are Intolerant to Conservatives Frank Faiola
How I solved my cat’s litterbox, grooming, and pain issues: Freda Savahl
How to Find Your True Passion? Gasper Crepinsek
Unveiling the Art of Meditation Gayathri Seshadri
Actually, it’s not about me Haimish Mead
The Future of Sustainable Energy Hasnain A
Getting to Yes without going mad Ian Beckett MSc
TLD- Your Silent Internet Hero You Never Knew About Igor Jovanovic M.Sc.
Give Of Yourself James Boylan
Accept Your Own Fate Jamil Yousafzai
Become a High Velocity Leader! Jennifer@Gealth
Beautiful World Jo Lovatt - (KryptaKitty)
Life is a River, a Journey, a Destination John Whye
Decoding Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’: Feminist Echoes John William
Five bedtime behaviors that reveal a man’s cheating Karl Walker
Why Some Self-Help Books Help and Others Don’t Ken Li
The Rare Disease That Lots Of Us Get Kristen Caven
The Lambeau — Lager? Kurt Dillon
Wild and Free Lani Domaloy
What Do I Do When My Mom Dies? Lindsay Pena
5 Obvious Things Why Life In Spain Would Make You Happier Livia Dabs RN,MSc
The Resilience of Stride and Soul: Story of A Reluctant Runner Louis Park
Strength in Unity: The Power of Brotherhood M Saud Nawaz
Harnessing the Power of Sexual Energy Mahan Bagheri
How to plan trip to South America Manasa Manohar
What I Learned From My Last Heartbreak Marcus Tan
The Apocalypse’s New Song Mariana Busarova
My Colleagues Are Israeli, and It’s Not Easy Mark Tey
Beyond the Bedroom. A Straight Guy’s Take on Homosexuality Martin Giles
Impatience Is A Superpower (If You Know How To Use It) Maya Sayvanova
Taking Care of Yourself First Should Be Your #1 Priority Melissa the Health Coach
Redefining Perspectives: Finding Beauty in Simplicity Nidhi Patnaik
Want a Fun Way to Make Money on Etsy? Nikki
As I Lay Dying vs. As I Die Laughing Noel Holston
Five Things You Can Do Today to Instantly Boost Your Mental Health Paddy Murphy
Don’t Read This If You Want To Procrastinate Parenteeny - teenagers can do more
I Am Discovering God’s Grace in My Faithful Journey Peter Molnar
My Daily Writing Routine Poonam Bhatt
It’s Monday… Opened to Opportunities? pst tomowo
These CIA Tactics Will Make You A Better Friend Rima Eneva
These CIA Tactics Will Make You A Better Friend
Learn about human psychology from the CIA
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Mexico’s Robin Hood Robert Knight
How to Give a Good Apology Rosa Diaz-Casal
How My Husband Used Nazis To Stop My Soda Habit Ruby Noir 😈
Silence Can Sometimes Be — The Most Eloquent Reply: S.a.n.a.h
9 Simple Things You Can Do Right NOW To Improve Your Health Sabin Rai
9 Simple Things You Can Do Right NOW To Improve Your Health
Yes, you can do it right now.
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The Beauty of Life in the Face of Death Sara Irshad
10 Quotes That Changed My Life Shahzaib Malik
My Doctor Was Vaping In The Patient Room Shamar M
Determination Of Insanity, Shameem Anwar
Confidence: Unlock Your Potential Suresh Sangwan Saru
Redirection is all one needs to set things right SURYASH KUMAR
It turns out the Future is not what you had expected! An unexpected visit changes all Thomas AP | ESC Mediocrity
Stress is Contagious! ThoughtsNarrator🎉
5 Mind Tricks to Help You Learn to Protect Yourself and Avoid Harm tim8888
The 4 ways to make better decisions Toby Castles
My Journey In The Martial Arts Has Been Uplifting and Life-Changing Tyler Woden
National Self-Empowerment Veritas Civis
How to Prepare for Team Performance Appraisals Wendy Scott
Why Your Mind is a Mess and How to Unfuck It Wesley van Peer
I Did These 3 Powerful Things and Attracted What I Wanted Amazingly. Zondra Dos Anjos
How a Mother’s Voice and Smell Affect the Child’s Brain Regions? Your Health Master.
Communism of Wives: Plato’s Unconventional Vision that Led Him to Criticism Ammara Hassan
Now, Time to Meet New Writers Joining Us Recently

Let’s welcome writers who recently joined our publications. This is an excellent opportunity to explore the stories of these writers and follow their profiles if their content resonates with you.
Due to some glitches, we are adding new writers joining us in the last few days. It will take time, so please be patient. This delay is caused by Thanksgiving holiday. We apologize for inconvience.
Note from Aiden (Illumination Gaming): dear new writers, there appears to be a system glitch, so if you cannot see our publications on your list, please don’t panic. We will add you again as soon as our administrators come back from holidays. I will try to add as many as possible manually and also get a Slack request sent to you. I am one of the editors and a media coordinator for Illumination publications so you can contact me on Slack when you need help.
Please remember to submit only one story daily, preferably as a draft. We don’t accept multiple stories as our focus is on quality to increase your chance of being boosted by Medium.
Change of Perceptions for Expectations
Unlike perceptions, ILLUMINATION editors don’t publish every story. Your stories must be well-crafted and valuable for our readers. Our focus is curatable and boostable stories.
Recently Updated Submission Guidelines
ILLUMINATION Videos and Podcasts: Submission Guidelines 2023
Publishing and Conduct Guidelines for the Lampshade of ILLUMINATION
How to Increase Earnings from Content Creation
Apart from the boosting opportunity on Medium, which can increase your income, our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz, recently answered this frequently asked question by many writers on how to increase income from writing engagement.
Many writers desire to make a living from their craft. Using Medium as a single source is not a viable option. There are other opportunities that you need to consider. We believe this story will give you valuable perspectives.
Collaboration and Promotion
You will receive an invitation to our Slack workspace to collaborate with other writers, share your story links, and contact editors and our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz. It is a free and moderated service. You may meet some of our editors from the attached collection.
Introduce Yourself in a Story
Please consider introducing yourself in a story and post it to ILLUMINATION or our other publications. This might bring you new followers and expose your profile to new readers.
Our editor Aiden (Illumination Gaming) compiles and distributes these bios to our subscribers. You may get bio ideas from the attached collection.
You may also self-curate your stories to gain visibility. Aiden provided a sample example, as attached. You may follow a similar format by categorizing your stories based on topics.
You may also enjoy a recent story from one of our new writers and editors, Mike Broadly — Healthier Lifestyle, who made significant progress in the last two months. You may contact Mike on our Slack workspace, who volunteers to support our new writers.
Writer Introduction
We recently introduced a few more writers like Thomas Allen Moon , Omni Essence, Sneha Nagre, Sridhar Pai Tonse — Leadgen Coach- Tech Startups, Zondra Dos Anjos, and Ani Vals
You might also check recent editorial introductions from our team.
You can learn about our other editors’ backgrounds from this collection curated by ILLUMINATION-Curators.
Recent Announcements for Connection
You may check the following two announcements to meet other recently joined writers, including links to their profiles. This is a good opportunity for new writers to build their audience, as writers are great readers. We enjoy enabling collaboration on Medium by encouraging meaningful engagements.
Welcome to our writing and reading community, and we look forward to the meaningful and high-quality stories.
When you have questions, please feel free to contact our owner and chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz, on our Slack workspace. He is also happy to speed up publishing your stories if they are delayed 48 hours or more.
Critical Policy Documents for Our Writers
Every writer contributing to our publications must review these guiding policies before submitting their stories. We are tolerant, but these are non-negotiable rules.
Writing Challenges and Prompts for New Writers
Helpful Resources for Beginners
Starter Kit for Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
Five Tips to Become a Prolific Writer Despite Full-Time Work
You may find more helpful stories from the content management collection of Dr Mehmet Yildiz typically written to help new writers joining Medium.
Sample Curated Collections for New Readers
We curate and feature stories from multiple editorial accounts.
Here are our latest curated collections by ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION Amplifiers, and ILLUMINATION-Curators for your enjoyment.
Invitation to New Writers to our Publications on Medium
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. Please mention the publication name with your Medium account ID in the request.
ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications include:
ILLUMINATION ILLUMINATION-Curated ILLUMINATION’ S MIRROR ILLUMINATION Book Chapters The Lampshade of ILLUMINATION Technology Hits SYNERGY Readers Hope Illumination on YouTube Illumination Gaming ILLUMINATION’s Blog EUPHORIA by Dr Mehmet Yildiz






