20 Phrases Gaslighting Parents Use

How Mom and Dad mock you, and what to do about it.

What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From “Mrs. B”

The founder of the largest home furnishing store in North…

Buddha — The most intelligent man

Buddha — The Most Intelligent Man

HOW TO

Write on Top Of a 40-Hour Work Week

A 5-step system to writing every month as a…

We Need Content Creators For A New Publication

Please apply if you are good at writing unique stories

Narcissistic Supply: How to Stop a Narcissist From Feeding Off Your Reactions

Getting angry is giving…

5 Reasons to Watch Black Mirror TV Series

#3: It’s not afraid to show you what’s wrong with the world

A 5-Second Hack That Every Entrepreneur and Employee Should Implement Immediately

Don’t wait until an…

Stop Being So Nice To Abusive People

Instead, be nice to those who will not take advantage of your…

The Instagram Bio Is Replacing The Business Card

Business cards are becoming somewhat obsolete, while…

Daily Digest from ILLUMINATION

Featured Stories Issue #67

Selected stories from 10,000+…

6 Uncomfortably Dark Movies You Should Watch For Your Growth.

Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.

One Thing You Must Do To Be Convincing At Work

A framework to always come up with convincing arguments

A Difference In Love Language Could Be What Is Making Your Relationship So Hard

All it takes is a…

Your Diversity May Not Be My Diversity

The persistence of “OnlyOneness” in America

A Moving Experience: 11 Days. Where house? Warehouse? What’s the difference anymore?

Brexit is Seamless Compared to Divorce in the UK

Honoring the Organ Donor

They are more than just a donor. They are a gift-giver.

Girls, Don’t Be Afraid to Make the First Move

Debunking the “cheap” label

You Can’t Always Trust What Your Brain Tells You, It May Be Lying

Watch out for these cognitive…

Will I Go to Hell if I Trash this Statue?

He was told to trash a Virgin Mary statue! What would he do?

You Don't Have to Degrade Others for Your Success

There are other ways.

Five Lessons to Learn from Cobra Kai

I finished watching a new series Cobra Kai.

World Health Organization (WHO) declared a new variant of Covid-19 virus in India

Epidemic of new…

Viktor Frankl writes “sex is a mode of expression of love…love is not understood as a mere side-effect of sex; rather, sex is a way of expressing the experience of that ultimate…

Become a Legendary Artist By Mastering Spontaneity

The secret sauce behind viral art.

Embracing 40

June 7, 2021, marks 40 years of my existence on this earth. I fully embrace reaching this milestone despite the sobering reality of…

Relationships

Sometimes I shame myself, it’s so much fun.

Medium Is The Newest MLM Craze

It’s the pink drink for writers, and everyone’s devouring it

Travel

Ten Striking Things About Japan

Full of Eastern Promise

10 Life-Changing Quotes On Discipline

Success is the result of disciplined actions.

I Want to Write Something Spectacular but All I Can Produce Is Crap

Maybe it’s time to slow things…

Eulogy

At My Funeral, Tell The Truth

Please be brutally honest.

Marketing

Why Do You Confuse Your Wants & Needs?

Your brain plays these biases when you…

How Being Diagnosed with ADHD Helped Me

Micro-epiphanies: kernels of thought that float your mind

Becoming Rich: What I’ve Learned From Seeing My Brother Become A Very Wealthy Man

Here’s what I know

How Not to Start a Productive Day

Two multitasking failures in one morning demonstrate multitasking…

With This Simplified IKIGAI Diagram For Content Creators, You Will Learn How To Harness The Power Of Your Hobby.

Don’t Hate Me Just Because I Don’t Think Like You

Love lost, marriages ruined, families broken…

Milestone Celebration of 602 Articles, 5.84K Views, 1.65K Fans, 2.87K Reads, 58.78K Claps, 659 Followers, $$$57.64 in…

Discipline Equals Freedom

We all want freedom, right? We want to be free when it comes to our finances, we’d like to have more free time, we…

Friendship

Why Conventional Tropes May Be Harmful to Friendships

Joey and Chandler are…

Story Titles that Get Lost in the Crowd

Are there times you can’t even recognize your own stories?

TRAVEL & TOURISM

Where to Get a Quick and Hearty Breakfast in Brewer or Bangor, Maine

The “Click and Swipe” Generation

Almost everything is now easily accessible at the click or swipe of a…

Learnings from a Friend from Wuhan, China

Racial intolerance lurks within all of us.

A year on with Medium; no secrets, no regrets but shout out 

My experience as an amateur writer

A Royal Head’s Up: King Misizulu Ka Zwelithini Is No longer A Bachelor

He married the mother of his…

I’m Living With an Autistic Teenage Necromancer

His screams wake the dead.

Love is Sex Until It Isn’t

Kind of…

Two Little Sisters: Thinking & Feeling

The human mind is a landscape for emotions, ideas, and thoughts that come in varying…

My First Month on Medium

My adventure on Medium started a month ago

Hi Illumination! I’m Anastasia.

An Introduction to Me

Nigerian Govt Announces Indefinite Suspension Of Twitter

Out of Touch Megalomaniac throws a massive…

Want to Become a Twitch Streamer?

The reality is often different from your expectations.

The Reckoning

The best and worst moment of all human history

And the temple of God which is…

7 Interior and Home Styling Trends for Work-from-home in 2021

The change in home décor in 2021 due to…

Self-Improvement

Illuminating a Goldmine of Resources for Self-Improvement and Better Writing

One-Lined Poem: Happiness (#19)

A phrase about one simple pleasure in life

Three Pointers for Your Next Interview

Succinctness, revisiting the unanswered, and adding context.

Content Profit: This will help you…

The 7 Secrets of Content Profit

How to discover hidden treasure in your failures

Congratulations if you have failed in something, you…

Should You Hire Someone With a Criminal Past?

How to evaluate a candidate with a conviction on their…

Depression is Nothing Like Sadness

Depression is desire snuffed out

Exercises for Painful Hands and Wrists

Feel the difference

A Path

#21 Prompt: A path that marries science and spirituality

Change Your Thinking About Quitting

Nobody likes a quitter

You never have to be a…

What Self-Publishing My 3rd Book Has Taught Me

Here’s everything that I know

Is destiny real?

In life, we tend to rely on something called ‘destiny’. But Is it real?

4 Loop Holes Around Hard Work

It’s time to be rich instantly

1. Wait for Crystal Alien…

Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better

Bragging, bragging, and more bragging

Let’s Talk About Sweat

I haven’t used deodorant for years. Here’s why.

Hot in the City

Day Tripping: June 5

Axes, Aircraft, and Assassin

Is Life All About Changing, Hiding, Disguising, And Running Away?

The world seems to be a problem-free…

BITE SIZED 2 MINUTE READ

3 Quick Tips for Productivity for Busy Writers

What Are The 4 Ps Of Marketing To Grow Your Business

Do you want to grow your business?

Welcome To My World Of Poetry

Bunch of poetry for poetry lovers.

I mostly write poetry on Medium. Here, is the post for my followers who love to read poetry.

Wishy Washy

In the colour wheel of politics, a vibrant Green is way beyond the conservative Blue

100 Days Writing Challenge

What Drives People To Write?

I have a few good reasons to…

My Life Has A Wrench In It

Sometimes you gotta throw a wrench into plans, break em apart so you can…

My Medium Weekly Roundup

Here’s what I published this week and a few stories by others that I enjoyed

It’s the Little Things That Count

If you make someone happy, you will also be happy.

Can You Hear the Women Roaring in the Bleeding Silence?

Breaking the silence

The Benefits and Side Effects of Natural Products

It’s not because it’s natural that it’s good for you

What You Get Living On A Farm In The Midwest

That I appreciate every single day

350-WORD STORY / SHORT STORY / STORYTELLING

Play That Game

Episode #14

Positive Attitude: Necessary or Just a Cliche?

Sometimes cliches contain truth. Other times, they’re…

Consummation

A Prose Poem

A ceramic bowl sticks to the table, bran flakes floating in the slightly curdled milk…

Quick Steps to living an Enthusiastic Life

A Prescription for a source of unlimited power

These 3 phrases will help you get over letting down situations.

How to get over insecure situations to…

My Biggest Motivation: Dance

Dancing has always saved me from darkness!

Visions Of You

Poetry for an anxious heart

Changing Your Mind

Rethinking a common statement

100-Word Story

Bring the Fight

Episode #15

Freedom to Move On

Have you ever experienced something that is so painful that it keeps you on your knees in prayer and your prayer is not only…

Why Can’t We Just Get Along?

There is so much division in the USA

Memories Keep Me

Poetry for a troubled heart

The Reason We Aren’t Together

Poetry for a troubled heart

The Journey Is The Destination

The most profound accomplishments rarely come with a trophy

100 Dyslexics in 150 Words or Less. Henry Winkler.
Born 10/30/1945 in Manhattan. From German Jewish immigrants who escaped the Holocaust.

Incongruent Ideals

A Micro-Book of Micro-Chapters

Incongruent Ideals

A Micro-Book of Micro-Stories

Installment 2 of ?

Chapter 1: Incongruent…