Some stories that we published and enjoyed reading.
Dear friends of ILLUMINATION, Happy Weekend!
This is our new curation initiative to amplify stories and find more readers for them. We recently started the publishing process as a supplementary team to relieve the workload of the ILLUMINATION publications and focused on delayed stories. Our readers and writers enjoyed this initiative.
While doing this, we captured some stories we wanted to share with our readers. We hope you find some valuable pieces in these fresh collections. They cover multiple topics.
We aim to increase the visibility of our writers and offer some great pieces to our readers. Please consider engaging in these stories and sharing them on your socials so that more readers can find them.
We will have many activities to create vibrancy on this platform and will initiate them soon. One of them is to feature one author daily and introduce their impactful stories. We created a sample one by using the outstanding story of Dr. Yildiz, as he is the brainchild of this initiative, giving us this opportunity.
Please feel free to nominate your stories or those writers you admire. You can leave comments on stories or contact our account on Slack so that we can add them to our to-do list. The channel name on Slack is: #nominated-stories-for-friends-of-illumination.
If you don’t have access to Slack please contact Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Main) via his website contact form so he can invite you. It is free and moderated with many perks for writers and readers.
Here is Thanksgiving message for the community by Dr Yildiz today.
The True Meaning of Gratitude: My Thanksgiving Reflection for Friends
Gratitude can rewire the brain for joy and serenity.medium.com
Yesterday, our editor Aiden (Owner of Illumination Gaming) shared the introduction of his new training program for Substack writers. You may check out his stunning video attached in his inspiring and humorous story.
New Training Program: From Zero
to Substack Hero
Smart Strategies to Write, Engage, and Earn — Without Losing Your Mindmedium.com
Here’s the intro to Aiden’s training program by ILLUMINATION-Curators.
An Inspiring and Interactive Program for Substack Mastery Freelance Community by Media Expert Aiden
We want to introduce “From Zero to Substack Hero: Smart Strategies to Write, Engage, and Earn — Without Losing Your…medium.com
Those who missed the announcement on Friends of Illumination can find the details in the attached story.
Be a Friend of ILLUMINATION
Find Your Voice, Curate Inspiring Stories, and Build Your Audience with Support from a Thriving Community Leveraging…medium.com
Here are stories on different topics which we loved and hope you will too.
Meditation Can Boost the Cortical Thickness in the Brain and Prevent It from Thinning Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Main)
How Writers Can Attract More Readers by Using Design Thinking Principles
Day 7, Keep Back, Cancer, Or I’m Gonna Have To Hurt You James Boylan ❤️
Why Does the World Seem So Unkind to Good People? Dr Ishrat Bano
Writers, Resist the Urge to Purchase Guaranteed Claps, Comments, & Highlights Available for Sale… ILLUMINATION
Let’s Redesign the Fashion Industry for Young Clothing Designers Shirley Willett
What Car Shows Mean to Me and How They Enriched My Life Aiden (Owner of Illumination Gaming)
Let’s Build a Better World Through Child Sponsorship Mike Broadly, DHSc
Rusty at 54: A Survival Guide to Aging Like a Dysfunctional Robot The Jolly Quill
3 Perks Of Daily Publishing That Aren’t Talked About Much bluesapphire
I Crossed 400 Followers on Twitter in 2 Weeks. Ann Mary Alexander
“Why Asking for Help Feels So Hard — And How Embracing It Can Open Doors to New Opportunities” Anubha Pant
Once I Stopped Believing These Big 3 Myths, I Started Earning More Money Writing Asad Message
Why Simple Questions Sometimes Hurt (Emotional Trigger) Ashutosh J.
From 1s and 0s To Reality (Part 1): The Foundation of Our Digital Dialect Browyn Louis
I despise Keir Starmer, the UK Government & the UK Labour Party Chris Price
How to Change Your Mindset in 6 Months So You Can Make Progress and Achieve Lasting Fulfillment Chris Terrana
How I Ditched the Negative Self-Talk and Found My Inner Bestie Deepika
Why do we use symbols in our lives to describe a thing? Diksha Sahare
New Clinical Trial: Semaglutide’s Breakthrough in Obesity-Related Heart Failure Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Main)
22-Day Formulized (Intense) Writing and Engagement Challenge for Substack Writers Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Main)
Are You Overlooking a Potentially Lucrative Passive Income Source? Evan Crosby
Stop Making Your Happiness Conditional On The Illusionary Future Fchaudhry
Some People Believe You Can Have Anything You Want In Life Floyd Mori
Small Moves, Big Impact: Simple Exercises That Unlock Better Health GOLDEN WRITER
Share Your Experience, Give Advice, and Let People Decide What Fits Best Hamid Akhtar
Beyond Luck: The Unseen Hard Work and Authenticity Behind Real Success in Content Marketing Hamid Akhtar
Are We Using ‘Boundaries’ as an Excuse to Be Selfish? Jennifer Hope
Small Actions, Big Impact Sawera Shaikh | Insights on Work, Mind & Growth
How Surrounding Yourself with Successful People Fuels Effortless Learning. Shiivay
Hard Work Beats Talent Every Time: The Power of Consistency Sibasish Banerjee
5 Most Important Questions I Answered that Changed My Life. Simeon Amos
Unbelievable Science: The Weirdest Experiments Ever Conducted Sriram Yaladandi
10 Practical Ways To Read More — A Lot More Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Smell Your Messages: How Does Harvard’s Revolutionary Phone Work? Supreeth Nagella
Loving Yourself — Why It’s the Most Powerful Change You’ll Ever Make Tarek Rakhiess
The Life cycle of NEWS : Do You Remember Last Year’s Headlines? Vishal Palapure
The Best Must Have App Everyone Should Download Now Waqas Arshad Qadri
How to Motivate Yourself When You Feel Like Quitting Yash Sharma
4 Reasons We Procrastinate and 10 Steps to Overcome Them. Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Main)
Crafting Compelling Content: The Power of Questioning
I offer a unique template to writers and content curators and powerful questions to readers, as well as sample stories…medium.com
If you enjoy these stories and are looking for more you may also check out the recent collections by our curators Mike Broadly, DHSc and Aiden (Owner of Illumination Gaming):
Look What Aiden Found Today — Episode #275
Favorite stories I read plus community-nominated pieces tailored for avid readers of ILLUMINATION Publications on…medium.com
Mike’s Favorite Stories on ILLUMINATION Publications — #224
As an editor and content curator, I feature engaging stories that you may enjoy as well after some quick updates of our…medium.com
Here is the link to the first collection we created.
First Curated Collection for and from the Friends of ILLUMINATION
Some stories we published and enjoyed reading hoping more readers might enjoy them.medium.com
Thank you for reading, engaging, and sharing our curated stories.
We will also feature stories nominated by our readers in the Slack workspace.
Note to New Writers: Our workload is extensive, so please read our submission guidelines before submitting your first stories so that our volunteer editors can publish them on time. We have a massive backlog, and these volunteers are exhausted.
Here are the links to the updated submission guidelines: ILLUMINATION, Curated Newsletters, SYNERGY (Newsletter Booster), Technology Hits, and ILLUMINATION Book Chapters, Readers Hope, and Magnetic Newsletter Pro.
If you are new to Medium, you can join our 15 publications by sending your Medium ID via a form in our writer registration portal.
This story was for writers on Medium; however, we integrate Medium with Substack to provide a better service to our contributors. Both platforms have different strengths and weaknesses. Writers need to be aware.
For freelance writers interested in Substack, we have multiple publications and also started rolling out the Subtack Mastery Boost Pilot in November, which is expected to end by December 2025. Details are in our recent newsletter.
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Thank you for reading our curated collections and supporting the work of these inspiring writers.
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