Curated Collection #118

#### Selected stories from seasoned authors for dedicated readers medium.com

As mentioned in our last update, our chief editor, Dr. Mehmet Yildiz, has urged us to highlight the profiles of new writers joining our publication each day. This initiative aims to provide our readers with more reading options while also helping new Medium members gain visibility and potentially attract followers to qualify for the partnership program.

Let’s extend a warm welcome to the new writers introduced by the ILLUMINATION editors today: Noël Bader, William Whyte, Georgia Patrick, Ashley T, Dhallia, Izabelle Peterkin, Babs Ayandayo.

ILLUMINATION has provided guidelines for collection #118. It's essential for new writers to review the onboarding pack, which contains publication-specific information to facilitate a smooth entry. We eagerly await your contributions.

Master Copy: Onboarding New Writers

#### Welcome and information pack for new contributors of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium medium.com

Dr. Yildiz will send invitations to new writers for our Slack workspace using the email provided during registration.

Recently, we welcomed several new contributors who have already begun sharing their work: PoojaKanth, Gökhan Çak?r, Lori K. Petrie, Dhallia, Sara García Mayo, Zoe Rose, Steve Callahan, buzzedison, Andrea Chelle, Meredith Shubel, Chandramouli, Jamal Ismail, Mona S Gable, Don Simkovich, MA, E.L. Finch, Topang, César Alves, Nora Ring, Zoltan Silver, Kammie Sumpter, Elena Dimova, Sean Bennett, Lilit Voskanyan, Dalia Y., Esther Ciganda, Go Woojin, Kathleen Murphy, Tom Egelhoff, Catelyn Silapachai, Domino Effect, Georgia Calimeres, Elle Tey, Lane Henry, L. E. Langner, Steve Devine, Amena Khatun, Bella Smith, Florencia Spagnuolo, Roy Hue, Sara García Mayo, Jessica Wilson, Irtiza Khan Labib, Mrobiri, Andrew Lian, Dane Preston, New Angle Writing.

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# Story Collections by Illumination The 2022 collections by ILLUMINATION can be found in this link titled Meta Collection of Featured Stories: Easy access to daily selected stories from engaging writers of ILLUMINATION — Volume 3–2022.

# Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today Start the Day with a Spark and Live a Joyful Life in Five Easy Steps Dr. Mehmet Yildiz

Start the Day with a Spark and Live a Joyful Life in Five Easy Steps

#### Practical tips to increase energy, boost mood, and remain calm medium.com

Enter a Flow State to Get Creative, Productive, Healthy, and Joyful with Three Simple Steps Dr. Mehmet Yildiz

Enter a Flow State to Get Creative, Productive, Healthy, and Joyful with Three Simple Steps

#### Why flow state is essential and how we can use it effectively medium.com

4 Things I No Longer Say Kristina Kasparian, PhD

4 Things I No Longer Say

#### And why my life is happier that way medium.com

How to Pronounce Elon Musk’s Son’s Name Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.

How to Pronounce Elon Musk’s Son’s Name

#### Confessions of a Blogger medium.com

5 Devastating Reasons a Narcissist Tells You to Walk Away Melissa Kalt, MD

5 Devastating Reasons a Narcissist Tells You to Walk Away

#### Don’t romanticize it. None of them are good. medium.com

I Asked A Billionaire How To Make A Million Dollars Matt Lillywhite

I Asked A Billionaire How To Make A Million Dollars

#### His response was surprising… medium.com

Self-Improvement is the Cheat Code to Life Ayodeji Awosika

Self-Improvement is the Cheat Code to Life

#### “Work at your job and make a living. Work on yourself and make a fortune” — Jim Rohn medium.com

Meet Neha Sonney, Author on Illumination YouTube Channel

Meet Neha Sonney on Illumination YouTube Channel

#### A prolific writer on Medium and a Published Author medium.com

Meet Krishna V Chaudhary introduced by ILLUMINATION

Meet Krishna V Chaudhary

#### Editor of Illumination Integrated Publications medium.com

Things Are Shifting on Medium. Now is a Great Time to Become a Paid Member Julius Evans

Things Are Shifting on Medium. Now is a Great Time to Become a Paid Member

#### And I’ve Got the Link You Can Use to Join medium.com

Do You Know How to Use Viewpoint as a Source of Conflict? Geri Spieler

Do You Know How to Use Viewpoint as a Source of Conflict?

#### Conflict in one of your characters. Do you know how? medium.com

Six Heartbreaking Lessons Life Revealed Whilst Caring For my Terminally Ill Mum Ange Dim

Six Heartbreaking Lessons Life Revealed Whilst Caring For my Terminally Ill Mum

#### Learning about life through heartbreak & Loss medium.com

Why Is Popular Culture Intellectually Superficial? Adesh Acharya

Why Is Popular Culture Intellectually Superficial?

#### It is Easy! medium.com

Outlier Aasha Krishnan

Outlier

#### I’m just waiting for you to say I should have read the fine print. medium.com

The Cult of Vulnerability Allison Bonilla

The Cult of Vulnerability

#### I have come to sincerely dislike the word “vulnerable” and its cousins “sharing” and “openness”. They are so overused… medium.com

Why Ukraine Will Lose The War (And How To Change It) AMIKO

Why Ukraine Will Lose The War (And How To Change It)

#### Putin must be ‘replaced’ at all costs medium.com

6 Magnificent Apps that have changed my Life — 2022 Edition Aman Jain

6 Magnificent Apps that have changed my Life — 2022 Edition

#### Guide through the Six must-have apps to enhance your Productivity medium.com

You Are NOT Into Fitness Andrey Pilipets

You Are NOT Into Fitness

#### 12 reasons why you shouldn’t exercise medium.com

Man Kills His Family and Lives With Their Bodies For Days, But Why? Aravind Balakrishnan

Man Kills His Family and Lives With Their Bodies For Days, But Why?

#### Astral projection or anger projection? medium.com

Sell Merch for $0 On a Custom Website Annie Wegner

Sell Merch for $0 On a Custom Website

#### No, the platform is NOT Gumroad. medium.com

5 Daily Micro-Habits to Transform Your Health Ashley Richmond

5 Daily Micro-Habits to Transform Your Health

#### Make health simple with these little habits. medium.com

My Love, I Want To Be… Bogdan Mtn

My Love, I Want To Be…

#### Maybe I’m not the best person in the world, not even the best man you’ve ever had with you. medium.com

5 Tips for Letting Go of Outcomes Barry Chaffee

5 Tips for Letting Go of Outcomes

#### How to let go of expectations and be present. medium.com

Spooky Legendary Creatures from Southeast Asia That Will Absolutely Terrify You Brian Loo Soon Hua

Spooky Legendary Creatures from Southeast Asia That Will Absolutely Terrify You

#### They make vampires and werewolves look like complete amateurs. medium.com

Increasing Distrust in Governments Will Eventually Kill Them Bryan Dijkhuizen

Increasing Distrust in Governments Will Eventually Kill Them

#### People are in charge in the end medium.com

No Poetry Here. Brooklyn Muse

No Poetry Here.

#### Humans against Humans- Where is Peace? medium.com

How to Start a New Job as an Introvert Calum James

How to Start a New Job as an Introvert

#### Your first day may be awkward. But it is important medium.com

How to Think About Impossible Things in 3 Easy Steps Chad Gates

How to Think About Impossible Things in 3 Easy Steps

#### Everything’s impossible, until you do it. medium.com

The Circle Of Life & The Divine Origin Of Human Beings Celine Lai

The Circle Of Life & The Divine Origin Of Human Beings

#### Who I am and What Am I ?? medium.com

The Universal GAHd And God Chappell Davis

The Universal GAHd And God

#### What’s the difference? medium.com

A Guide to Content & Distribution Clive Wilson

A Guide to Content & Distribution

#### Creating content is one thing. Knowing how and why to distribute it is another. medium.com

Sweet Pot Chigozirim Emeka

Sweet Pot

#### Haiku medium.com

A journey through a rocky road (part 2) Dominique Belisle

A journey through a rocky road (part 2)

#### What I learned walking on the Camino de Santiago medium.com

IF A VIRUS COULD TALK Donna Maltz

IF A VIRUS ? COULD TALK

#### By Donna Maltz medium.com

I May Be Too Light-hearted for Writing Don Martin

I May Be Too Light-hearted for Writing

#### Uninvolved… medium.com

Give the monkey what it wants! Dr. Anshul Mishra

Give the monkey what it wants!

#### and that’s a banana heading… medium.com

What Pebbles are Thrown in Your Pond? Elaine Hilides

What Pebbles are Thrown in Your Pond?

#### And What do You About the Ripples? medium.com

Using Text-to-speech to Pace Your Reading Edward Thomas

Using Text-to-speech to Pace Your Reading

#### Text-to-speech helps you scroll at a reasonable rate and gives you more quality time with articles. medium.com

Gratitude With a Twist Elizabeth Emerald

Gratitude With a Twist

#### Envy in reverse: be thankful for all you don’t have medium.com

How to Live Like a Monk Without Deliberately Living Like A Monk Emmanuel A. Anderson

How to Live Like a Monk Without Deliberately Living Like A Monk

#### From someone who has been living like this for six years medium.com

Do You Dare to Dream? Ella Heart

Do You Dare to Dream?

#### Change is the only constant medium.com

How You Can Let Go of the 3Ps of Shame Evelyn Lim

How You Can Let Go of the 3Ps of Shame

#### The 3Ps of Shame are found in people-pleasing, perfectionism and procrastination. Find out about you can let them go. medium.com

What is Best for You? Religion or Spirituality Fahim chughtai

What is Best for You? Religion or Spirituality

#### How does spirituality differ from religion? medium.com

My stories with more fans Francesco Carrubba

My stories with more fans

#### A metaphor, a poem, and some stories medium.com

Olivia Rodrigo Is a Young Female Singer Who Is Touring Floyd Mori

Olivia Rodrigo Is a Young Female Singer Who Is Touring

#### She is from California medium.com

Okay, So I’ve Been On Holiday. Sue Me Frank T Bird

Okay, So I’ve Been On Holiday. Sue Me

#### You walk away for five minutes, and the whole shithouse goes up in flames medium.com

Facilitating Performance Gerad Carrier

Facilitating Performance

#### A few years ago, during an exit interview with a senior, I asked if there was any teacher that really connected with… medium.com

Fasting Can Change Brain Chemistry Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Fasting Can Change Brain Chemistry

#### Three beneficial neurological effects of time-restricted eating and caloric deficit for brain and mental health medium.com

To Mask Or Not to Mask FranMorelandJohns

To Mask Or Not to Mask

#### That’s the changing question medium.com

Manager’s Guide to Change Management Gokhan Yalcuk

Manager’s Guide to Change Management

#### Forget Your Knowledge About Change Management medium.com

From Conditioning to Intuition Hala Saneh

From Conditioning to Intuition

#### I choose to move from the Conditioned Mind to the Intuitive Heart medium.com

Can you face your critics? Greg Sweeney

Can you face your critics?

#### A perspective on courageous leadership medium.com

America and Procrastination Harry Hogg

America and Procrastination

#### Of course we know what is coming, we’ve seen it too many times. medium.com

How to Read and Understand Science Ines May

How to Read and Understand Science

#### Articles, articles everywhere medium.com

Putin Does What The Rest Couldn’t Ilam Padmanabhan

Putin Does What The Rest Couldn’t

#### Putin’s mindless war is helping a cause he doesn’t care about — Climate Change medium.com

Political Correctness, Writing, Sales, Faith, and Gaslighting Jacquelyn Lynn

Political Correctness, Writing, Sales, Faith, and Gaslighting

#### My Weekly Medium Roundup medium.com

Moscow White Morning Jane Harris

Moscow White Morning

#### As tanks rolled over the prairies on the other side of the world medium.com

Slow Down, Lose Fat, and Enjoy Life in Five Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Slow Down, Lose Fat, and Enjoy Life in Five Steps

#### Slowing down is not a luxury for a healthy body and mind. On the contrary, it is vital for health, fitness, and joyful… medium.com

Fuck You, Obama. I’m Already Fighting A War in America. Jaron Mays

Fuck You, Obama. I’m Already Fighting A War in America.

#### Barack Obama loves to play Captain America for everybody else except his own people medium.com

Embrace New Ideas to Build Loyalty Jeannette Seibly

Embrace New Ideas to Build Loyalty

#### “To build loyalty, you need to listen and ask for others’ opinions because they matter!” Jeannette Seibly medium.com

Gordon Parks: An American Example of Brilliance in demonstrating Artistic Transcendence Jeffrey P. Colin/JP Colin Design

Gordon Parks: An American Example of Brilliance in demonstrating Artistic Transcendence

#### A rare, non-snarky Essay (rather than one of my snarky Rants) about a brilliant American Master Artist that all who… medium.com

Listicles vs Testicles Jeff Herring

Listicles vs Testicles

#### You are now free to skim this article… medium.com

I Hate This Divorce Quote Jennifer M. Wilson

I Hate This Divorce Quote

#### It feels like a consolation for losing at marriage. medium.com

My Top 3 Mindfulness Approaches to Confronting Your Inner Bitch Jessey Anthony

My Top 3 Mindfulness Approaches to Confronting Your Inner Bitch

#### If you can control your mind, you can achieve anything. medium.com

War… Huh! What Is It Good For? Julian Cosky

War… Huh! What Is It Good For?

#### Absolutely nothing… medium.com

Should You Create a Four-Year Plan? Jess

Should You Create a Four-Year Plan?

#### A review of long-term plans for our irrational minds medium.com

White People Can’t Get Enough of Jussie Smollett Justin Stinnett

White People Can’t Get Enough of Jussie Smollett

#### Why The Verdict Got People In Their Feelings Again medium.com

The Sanctions Imposed On Russia Are Fuelling World Recession Lanu Pitan

The Sanctions Imposed On Russia Are Fuelling World Recession

#### Sanctions imposed on Russia are having a negative impact on Western economies at a time when they were starting to… medium.com

Improve Cardiovascular Health in Three Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Improve Cardiovascular Health in Three Steps

#### Cardiovascular diseases cause one in every four deaths. But the risks can be significantly reduced with healthy… medium.com

Why Your Small Business Is Failing. Kunaal b

Why Your Small Business Is Failing.

#### Don’t Be Like Joe the Baker. medium.com

One Hit At A Time Larry Nowicki

One Hit At A Time

#### How do you make a $1000 dollar knife? 1 hit at a time. medium.com

Why do some people want to Make Medium a toxic Environment? Lawson Wallace

Why do some people want to Make Medium a toxic Environment?

#### Being civil might change minds, but anger never does medium.com

Winning Against Putin for the World Lee Nicholson

Winning Against Putin for the World

#### …and China While You Are at It — without WW III medium.com

My First Month On Amazon KDP Laura Knapke

My First Month On Amazon KDP

#### A passive income source that is actually profitable medium.com

It’s The Little Things in Life That Make The Greatest Difference Linda Osipow

It’s The Little Things in Life That Make The Greatest Difference

#### How Two Tiny Cheerios Brought Me Back From The Edge medium.com

The War Began In Kyiv, I Lost Everything, But I Am Not Afraid Livia Dabs RN,MSc

The War Began In Kyiv, I Lost Everything, But I Am Not Afraid

#### …people become catatonic as a result of facing their potential death sentence. True story. medium.com

Lessons From Writing 500 Blogs in Three Years and Making $15K Lucien Lecarme

Lessons From Writing 500 Blogs in Three Years and Making $15K

#### How you will do better when you understand what I learned medium.com

I Thought Writer’s Block Was A Myth Lori Brown

I Thought Writer’s Block Was A Myth

#### Then I spent a year frozen in front of the blank screen. medium.com

9 Terrible Things Excessive Scrolling Does To You Maria Garcia

9 Terrible Things Excessive Scrolling Does To You

#### #4. It causes double chins medium.com

From Fashion Designer to Philosopher Meredith Forder

From Fashion Designer to Philosopher

#### “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” — … medium.com

Soil Carbon Accrual and… Gaining Weight — Modeling for Anyone Marmotian

Are We and Soil The Same?- A Modeling Perspective of Soil Carbon Accrual and Weight Gain

#### After all, we and Mother Nature come from the same life force. medium.com

Going Back to the Start Michael Holford

Going Back to the Start