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Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION

Five Valuable Life Lessons from a Filipino Elderly Dr Mehmet Yildiz

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What Are The Actual Effects of Meditation on Your Physical Body? Viktor Marchev

Top 7 Bizarre Job Market Myths Everyone Believes In Denys Opria

Spreading Love To Make Someone's Day Happy Dr. Preeti Singh

Please Take An Outdoor Walk This Holiday Christyl Rivers, Phd.

5 Reasons You Should NOT Move To Spain Livia Dabs RN,MSc

Gratitude Qadir Abdus-Sabur, Ph.D.

Meet Chelsea Mandler MAT

Sometimes Missing Girls Are Found Alive Floyd Mori

Why you are disappointed inside Pushpender Yadav

After One Year of Cancer Treatment, My Mom is Now in Remission Khadejah

Lonely, Not Alone Tarun Gupta

Jimmy's Not Here This Year Brooke Ramey Nelson

Othering Is Creeping Into the Western World, and It Must Be Addressed Charlie Lukas

13 Ways to Prevent Overwhelm in 2022 You, Me and Happiness

7 Things You Need To Stop Being Happy About James Raven

What do Medium and Fascists Have in Common? Marcus

What Is Loyalty And How To Achieve It Michail Bukin

My Top 3 Tips For Frequent Travelers October J.

Why My Husband & I Love to Travel? Crystal Mathews

Lucid Dreaming Will Be Next Year's Super Skill Bernie Robert

Follow the Shoreline Roxanne Barbour

Cloaks of Pretension A.H. Mehr

Save Yourself From Excessive Personal Branding Elisa Álvarez

Lots of Stuff for the Holidays John Ross

How To Sound Confident When Speaking Felix Otoo

If you Drive for Uber Full Time Don't Use your Own Car…Rent One! Kristen Kay Brady

Make $100k A Month YouTube Videos Are Full of Sh*t Personal Growth Lodge

The surprising secret to creating a controversy Tree Langdon

Glue Roxanne Barbour

What Does Serving Have to Do With Joy? Bill Abbate

Wave Christmas Back Amy Christie

What's To Say About a Tub? A Lot Skippy von Alte Welt

Weeping Sobs Randy Shingler

Why Christmas Is Becoming the Worst Time of Year Tavian Jean-Pierre

Do You Know Something Incredible That You Are Continually Missing? Tasneem H Yousuff

Just Cos it's Happening Doesn't Mean it's Happening to You. Frank T Bird

The World's Largest Meditation Center: Swarved Mahamandir Shriwant Choudhary

How to Stick to Your New Year's Resolutions Danielle Ramaekers

Resolution 2022: When It Comes to Clutter, I'm Clueless; What I Can Do Is Surrender Marilyn Flower

What My Sudden Fascination with Keanu Reeves Taught me About Authenticity Bridie Dillon

Think Thinker: Getting Down to the Process, Not the content of Thinking Alejandro Betancourt

Want To Create More. Consume Less? Janice Lizabeth

Are You A Polymath, Philomath, or a Genius? Brett Millan

A lesson from the Turpin sisters on why we need each other LJWriter

Mirror Suma Narayan

12 Steps for Stupidity Paul Coogan

This Bad Writing Habit Could Cost You Thousands Or More! Attila Vágó

Cumberland Gap: A family history Judy Owens

A Cure For Blindness Jim McAulay🍁

Sleep Science, How to Sleep Productively Sufyan Maan, M.Eng

The windy paintbrush Jay aware

Mistakes & Failures Should be Classed as Wins in Your Life Ange Dim

How to Make Money with Mobile Phones and Amazon Jason Aro

Long-term Freelance Success Relies on Diversification Patricia Haddock

You Will Be Profoundly Affected By The Birth of True AI Patrick OConnell

A quick reference guide on how to write effectively Ashfaq Framewala

Hello Medium, Nobody's Home James Beaufait

Always Do What is Best for You ASUS BUTTERFLY

"Every Age is the Best Age" Alicia Lee Colasurdo

You May Not Be A Monk, But Here's What They Know About The Morning Mary Liga

Art as Poetry Mihai Brinas

Missing Your Sapphire: Poetry Jade Willow

Complete Guide to NFT Marketing and Promotion 2022 David K.

How to Distinguish a Deep Longing from All your Desires? Andrea María Portal Ruiz

Forward: Perfect Nicole Dreyer

Keep Calm Asteroid 4660 Nereus is Shooting Wide Rui Alves

Little White Lies Melinda Blau

For This New Day I. Trudie Palmer

Spiritual Mastery of Year's End (Part 1) Blair Abee

Seven Things You Should Consider Before Choosing Online Dating Matthew Prince

My Top 3 Unusual Holiday Movies Jeff Herring

2021 In Review J.R. Heimbigner

A Conversation in a Dark Tower Between the Creator of Frankenstein, Genghis Khan, and Will Rogers… Regina Clarke

When you're Homeless, Invisibility is a Survival Skill Lawson Wallace

Affirmations For Men: Examples And How To Use Them Michail Bukin

I Gave Someone The Clap Francesco Rizzuto

Too Good To Be True? You Are Worthy of Love! Above The Middle

Why do we always have to say yes to everyone? A habit or a choice? Maximus

James Bond Victor Bhaura

5 Signs You're Going to Live To Be 200 Years Old Dave Lane

Two Tools to Strengthen your Reader Dialog John Couper

The Best Predictor for Your Happiness Eduard Sebastian

Why Should You Write For Publications On Medium? Sara Marium

What it Feels Like to Be 43. Louise

6 Reasons Why Vienna Is the Best Place To Spend the Christmas Period Nina Greimel

Meet Sumera Rizwan

Meet Brooklyn Muse

Tough Is a State of Mind David Ferrers

Picture of You Little Monster

How to Buy NFTs Kristen Kay Brady

How to Improve Your (Social) Health With a Cookie Exchange! Irene Fassler

7 Super Easy New Year's Resolutions With Major Impact EllenEastwood

What If Shakespeare Wrote on Medium? Nathan Ferido

How To Attract Money With Your Vibrational Energy Jaja Requa

Explicit Orders H.D. Ingles

Losing My Friends and Family to Irrationality, The Plague of Our Times Adrian Heroux

5 Creative Ways I Use Evernote that Keeps Me Productive Anshul Kumar

Cigar Box Christmas Tunnel Books, author and creator, Francis Edwards

12 Days of Christmas or 12 Days of Yule Diana Lotti

Sober Sisters Sonia Kahlon

HAPPY HOLIDAYS Rowen Quinn

An Open Letter to Democratic Candidates Running for Office Now and in 2022: Laura Mohsene

Widows Walk A Difficult Path — Move Forward Or Stay In Grief — Both Face Backlash Chrissie Marie Massey

Being A Science Communicator Sucks Jaebien Rosario

My Favorite Moroccan Dishes Nora

Part I: Seeing With Cross Eyes Bonni Brodnick

Win Money at the Casinos Brian Dickens Barrabee

Stephen Kristen Kay Brady

2021 — A Year in the Making of Something Both Devastating and Magical Ange Dim

In answer to a question, you've all been asking Harry Hogg

What if Medium Quit? Audrey Malone

The Benefits Of A Dedicated Workspace When Working Remotely Samantha Scott

10 Brutal Truth about Life That Needs to Be Said Jessey Anthony

How I Make Traditional Trifle for Christmas Carol Price

Don't Let the News Cycle Ruin Your Christmas Brad Creech

How Hulu's "Dopesick" Painted A Picture Of The Opioid Crisis Mitchell Kay

Avoid These 4 Things If You Want to Be A Successful Freelancer Tracey

Should You Give Your Children Their Inheritance Early? Bebe Nicholson

How To Go From the Christmas Scrooge to a Gift-giving Superstar Matt Inman

Do you know why you go on vacation? geozee

Synastry: The Loving Alexandria Roswick

Is Staying At Your Friends' House A Good Option When You Travel? TRAVEL STORIES BY GABE

My Students Always Schooled Me Brooke Ramey Nelson

7 Characteristics of Healthy Relationships Jennifer March, MS

Here's A Small Productivity Secret For You A. Hamzeh

How Tim Denning Helped Me to Grieve Janice Lizabeth

The U.S Congress Should Pass the Build Back Better Act Like They're Poor Travis Truong

Your Fear May Be Keeping You From Seeing The Signs Deborah Holmén

Stay Ahead Of The Curve! Thobekile Moyo

Why gratitude is important to everyone and some of the myths about practicing ? ZEN

The Golden Rule is a lie… And so are Most of the Others Savytech articles

How To Hug Scientifically Michail Bukin

The Evolution of the Cinematic Hero Paul Coogan

Covid Christmas Marketa Zvelebil

Things I Got Totally (and Hilariously)Wrong Misty Rae

To People with Backgrounds: I Work on a Professional Employment Team Joshua J. Lyon

So It's Christmas Time. Even With Compromised Health You CAN Still Eat And Feel Great. Maria Rattray

How To Avoid Being Stuck In A Job You Don't Enjoy Dave Richards

A Night in the ER Zach Merkling

5 Life Principles to Share with 20-Somethings (Hopefully When they Ask) Kathryn Eriksen

The Epidemic of Ageism in Today's Hiring Process Christina Szeman

You Are a Flower Scott Edgar

Digging Through Medium Is Like Digging Through Music Crates Ian Rush

She, Herself Jack McDaniel

How Flying a Kite Teaches Me to Lead My Life Andrey Pilipets

China has just gone the way of Japan during WWII David Cenicola, M.Ed.

Me and my Dad, so much Alike, but So Different Part 2 Lawson Wallace

Poverty Runs Deep America Zed⚡

The Rule of Self Love Brajendra Kumar

Your New Year Resolutions Are All Wrong Brian Wright

Feeling The Power Francesco Rizzuto

In The Realm Of Threads Iva Hotko

Holidays: The Tyranny of the Shoulds Jeff Herring

5 Myth You Are Told about Losing Body Weight Jessey Anthony

Practice Makes Perfect Little Monster

I Quit Writing Online for 1 Year Mariana F.

Christmas in Asia Is a Weird Experience Mike Lewis

How to get clients from Upwork? A to Z guide Sara Marium

Your Environment Is Everything Sophie Founé

Being Lonely Is Great: 8 Signs That You Are Content With Solitude Terence Kong

The Dogmatic Image of Thought Tomas Byrne

Get Over Your Ex In 72 Hours Toyin Zuleiha

We're Hurtling Toward Another Trump Presidency in 2024 Alexander Ziperovich

Life Without Comforting Caffeine Means Missing Out on These Benefits Ange Dim

Tips On How to Plan a Vacation on a Budget ASHLEY CARINO 🌻

Are Cryptocurrencies Green? Clarisse Cornejo

Over 800 Followers in 38 Days! Cynthia Chan

The Mother Of Us DMTakeshi

Can We Control Our Dream? Gokhan Yalcuk

Listening To That Quiet Voice That Knows Everything Ilana Rabinowitz

Two Sides: Poetry

Jade Willow

Why Die Hard is the Best Holiday Film Judson Hurd

There's a Special Place in Hell for Those Who Abuse the Elderly Julius Evans

Dear Medium, Please Do This One Thing to Improve the Platform Malky McEwan

Inflation is Spiking, So Investors Are Seeking Ways to Survive Mark Hake

How does the vaccine protect me? Marketa Zvelebil

Past Love Mihai Brinas

Breaking Out Of Victimhood Morten Jensen

Small Towns Are Best Ms Fischer

4 Harsh Truths You Should Accept About College Murtaza Ali

The Miracle Of Everything Nicholas T Jackson

Coaching and Yogic Koshas

Payal Koul

A Hot Tip To Maximise Earnings From Your Writing Penny Grubb

I Learned More About the Internet When I Went Offline for a Week. Pratik Thapa

My Turn with The Happy Bright Travelling Books Sandra Pawula

3 Amazing Things That Happened When I Stopped Watching TV Shannon Piérre

7 Easy side hustles for up to $700/hour Shu Hasegawa

7 Ways to Show Gratitude This Holiday Season Stephen Fischer

For everyone who loves to suggest: Please do your homework before suggesting SURYASH KUMAR

You Can Have it All! Sylvia Dziuba

Is Sophia Pregnant Already? Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Be a Vessel To Expand the Light During this Holiday Season. Lady Jhershierra

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