Human Development

Adulthood: Phase of Mind-Boggling Cognitive and Physical Developments

How I Finally Understood the Famous Monty Hall Problem

Life lessons from the brain teaser that almost…

Probably An Unpopular Opinion: Thoughts On Asian People, Black People, And White People Right Now

SOCIAL MEDIA / MARKETING

How Walmart Failed Badly Copying a Famous Social Media Site

3 Reasons why I Don’t Have Pets

I know… I know.. but please read before you hate me for it.

Healing

I felt like I’d come out of the cave and was standing on the sand overlooking the light on the…

The 2 Most Powerful Words in the English Language

6 Non-Radical Ways To Drastically Reduce Your Phone Usage

How to Live a Valuable Life

You’re alive and breathing, now what?

What do you do if you’ve been caught lying?

Covering your lie usually depends on the telling of a lie

SHIP 30 FOR 30 SERIES

A Guide to Deconstructing Limiting Beliefs

Breaking through limiting beliefs may be challenging, but the process is straightforward.

10 Quote of Leonardo da Vinci Will Change Your Mindset About Life

Wisdom tools from one of the iconic…

Why I Love Vintage Cookbooks, and You Should Too

Food-focused time machines

10 Tips for Finding the Perfect Tenant for Your Rental Property

A Fight To The Death

A short story for your enjoyment

The 5 Lessons I Derived From Writing 500 Stories You Can Take And Apply Without Paying A Cent

Editorial bulletin

ILLUMINATION Book Chapters

Editorial Bulletin #8 Connection…

CHAPTER REVIEWS

Writers Thoughts That Change Your Mind

A lot of interesting stories…

Easter: A Brief Ecumenical Contemplation on Religion, Spirituality, and Interfaith Marriage

Hernia Surgery And Sobriety

A medical success story

Social Media / Writing / Marketing

Why Pinterest Is a Great Platform for Writers To Promote Their…

When a Cliche Becomes a Life Mantra

Living one day at a time.

6 Medium Boxes You Must Tick in 2021 In Order to Make it

The rules are changing

How Do You Know Your Writing Sucks?

How do you move past the stage you’re currently in so that you can…

History Comes To Life at Project Appleseed

My Experience Learning Marksmanship and Revolutionary War…

Writing tips

Add Medium to your Morning Pages

Part One Julia Cameron, Part Two Medium

Sardines

A Tale of Floridian Regret

“Where are we again?”

If Money Was Your Motivation for Writing, You’d Have Quit Long Ago

We don’t make a living from it…

The 1973 Space Mutiny That Never Occurred But Became An Urban Legend

Why was the story reported in…

3 Airplane Secrets You’d Love to Know

Including what happens if a plane got struck by lightning.

Answer The Million Dollar Question: What’s My Writing Niche?

Squeezing five decades of experiences on…

How to Stop Your Inner Critic and Manifest What You Want

By choosing your inner defender’s voice

The Good Must Suffer For The Bad

It has contributed to the death of a 14-year-old boy.

Italy’s least known monument

If you look for Turin on Google Earth, you’ll find out that this city in…

Daily Digest from ILLUMINATION

Featured Stories Issue #35

Selected stories from 9,200…

Visiting Universal In Orlando Is A Pleasant Experience

It is a beautiful area

How I Deal With Intermittent Fasting To Lose Weight

On some days of the week, I do intermittent…

Three Phases of Forgiveness

The only two F’s to give in life

“The most merciful person…

It’s a Mad Mad Curation World

With little heads or tails — or rhyme or reason

The Robin – A Short Story

Love, heartbreak and a small bird

The Clothes We Wear, Wears the Planet

The fashion industry is the 2nd largest polluter in the world

Paper Worlds

Curious and curiouser
the whispers devoured her
passion consumed her
into the abyss, under the willows
weeping through the never woods…

5 Strategies for Getting Customers Without Spending in Advertising

If you are willing to put time and…

“I’ve Had Enough Tap Water for Now.”

Why too much routine can kill the human spirit.

Pieces: We are but parts to a whole

or what stops the soul from singing

3 Ways To Keep the Critics Out of Your Head

Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate.

What a Mobile Game Taught Me About Building Habit

Lessons learnt by a gamer who has never been absent…

How You Can Embrace Change Easier As You Part Ways For Growth

Do you notice when you transition in…

Indian Artists May Be the Biggest Losers When Cryptocurrencies Are Banned in India

Life With Leftovers

The history of The Western Sahara War

Medium Publications by ILLUMINATION Writers

Introduction to “Creating Harmony In Your Life”

The story of Mysterious woman

I understood the woman’s anxiety

Horses that heal: Equine assisted therapy develops body, mind, and spirit

How to Overcome Rejection as a Writer

3 Steps I Have Taken to Bounce Back

Don’t Let The Goal Overshadow the Process

That’s where the fun lies

A Guide to a Vegetarian Future

Let your body adjust to meatless meals

Day Tripping: April 5

Monuments, Motor Trends, and Momentus Endurance

4 Practical Ways My Daughter the Trainer is Helping Me Be a Better Writer

How the Fitness and Writing…

What is success for you

How Hard Is It to Be Successful

It depends on your definition…

Do You Want To Change Your Life?

Are you in that stage of your life when more lows than highs are overshadowing? In your heart you know…

Emergent yet Eluding

a body of stardust-cells aligned in an astounding scheme

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

Stop Child Abuse & Trafficking Now

Chronicle: A Forever Gift

May It be infinite while it lasts

A Walk Amongst The Skies

A poem

Boldly go
Go do the sunset walk
Travel light
Meet many clouds
Make it a mountain…

Book Chapters by Shashi Sastry

Book 1 — Philosophy of Life Instinct

In my teens I was looking for a philosophy that answered any question I had about life. I realised that most answers came back to what we are. In my twenties, I began seriously studying the problems I deal with…

3 Signs Your Brain May Not Be Up To Multi-tasking as Well as It Used To Be

Discover How Business Leaders Prove Skeptics Wrong

9 Universal laws on how to ignore the skeptics and…

Writing is as Normal as Breathing

Live to Write and Write to Live

An Inquiring Mind Wants to Know — But What About the Person Standing Next to Them

Short Fiction — When…

Man! Do I Miss Barry White (or as Taj Would Say, The White Barry)

Baggage

A poem

I woke up bleary-eyed and jet-lagged,
body aching from the long trip.
The turbulent journey of soul…

How To Develop A Positive Attitude

A man’s attitude determines his life those who have a positive attitude will rise in life. Those…

Happy Easter

Also, Remember Those We Lost

Stop It With This Type Nonsense

Is it really that necessary for you to have a specific type?

Bitter & Sweet; A Family’s Journey with Cancer

Forward Sneak Peek

I am taken by the way…