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Featured Stories by Aiden MC from Illumination Publications #1
I am pleased that Aiden is now curating stories for our writer platforms. I wanted to share this great post Aiden published in Digitalmehmet Content Ecosystem. Please share these stories and support their writers after reading them. Today I introduce our first scholarly journal in a story on Medium.
Why I Founded a Scholarly Journal Despite Its Challenges, to Be Mirrored Here
A brief introduction to the upcoming Journal of Emerging Technologies in Neuroscience (JETN), Advancing Neuroscience, Technology, and Holistic Wellbeing
Excellent Articles I enjoyed reading and curating from ILLUMINATION publications
If you are an academic writer, you are welcome to join ILLUMINATION Scholar. You can check out the submission guidelines for the Journal of Emerging Technologies in Neuroscience (JETN).
Dear Subscribers,
I’m a volunteer editor, content curator, and media coordinator of ILLUMINATION publications. My name is Aiden, I enjoy helping, welcoming, and adding new writers to our pubs, so you can start submitting stories soon. I also own two pubs, Gaming and Videos/Podcasts topics.
I focus on Substack as Medium does not work for me anymore, and I have also started teaching about Substack on Udemy. So I understand the challenges of freelance writers, especially new ones. Now I have a new series on Medium sharing the scripts of my Substack courses.
I have been curating stories on Medium for a while and completed 318 collections. My curator colleague Dr Michael suggested that I share some of stories published on ILLUMINATION at Digitalmehmet content Ecosystem.
Dr Broadly is an experienced editor and curator. He introduced our curation process in post earlier today.
https://digitalmehmet.com/2025/08/05/curation-scope-for-digitalmehmet/
One of the reasons I create these curated collections on Digitalmehmet content ecosystem as the site has a high domain rating. For example,
Digitalmehmet Content Ecosystem has a high domain rating and can give visibility to your content. For example, Ahrefs domain rating shows 71 with 28000+ backlinks and 576+ linking domains. image screen capture from Ahrefs
 
I also add new writers to ILLUMINATION and its sister publications everyday and introduce them via mini onboarding packs like this latest one today. New writers need to check our master onboarding pack which includes all our policies and submission guidelines. I link it here in case you missed it before.
Links to our submission guidelines:
ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION’ S MIRROR, ILLUMINATION Book Chapters, The Lampshade of ILLUMINATION, Technology Hits, SYNERGY, Readers Hope, Illumination on YouTube, Illumination Gaming, ILLUMINATION Health & Science, Integrated Healthcare, Magnetic Newsletter Pro (Former Substack on ILLUMINATION pub), Substack Mastery Boost, From Zero to Substack Hero, ILLUMINATION’s Blog, EUPHORIA by Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Here is a list of stories I curated from ILLUMINATION publication on Medium.com today. I believe there is something for everyone in this eclectic collection. When you read a story please consider leaving a comment on it and also follow the writer and share their stories.
Featured Stories for Your Enjoyment Today
From Zero to Substack Hero Videos Now On Substack Aiden (Owner of Illumination Gaming)
Finding Comfort in Blocks: How Minecraft Eased My First Time Loneliness and Intense Grief at 17 by myself.
How Gaming Gave Me a Second Youth and a Few Senior Moments Worth Laughing About Mike Broadly, DHSc
Here’s How I Improved My VO2max After My 60s with Persistence and Guidance. Mike Broadly, DHSc
The Expression / Mutation Impacts of the Longevity Genes Klotho, FOXO3, SIRT1, APOE, BRCA Dr Mehmet Yildiz
What’s a Landing Page and Why Freelancers, Startups, & Book Authors Need Many Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Editor’s Secrets — The Real Tea Brooklyn Grace (editor) This is an important story for new writers from an experienced editor so I am featuring it.
How Gaming and Gamification Gave Me a New Life in My Elderly Years Mike Broadly, DHSc
From Zero to Substack Hero Videos Now On Substack Aiden (Owner of Illumination Gaming)
Finding Comfort in Blocks: How Minecraft Eased My First Time Loneliness and Intense Grief at 17 by myself.
How Gaming Gave Me a Second Youth and a Few Senior Moments Worth Laughing About Mike Broadly, DHSc
Here’s How I Improved My VO2max After My 60s with Persistence and Guidance. Mike Broadly, DHSc
The Expression / Mutation Impacts of the Longevity Genes Klotho, FOXO3, SIRT1, APOE, BRCA Dr Mehmet Yildiz
What’s a Landing Page and Why Freelancers, Startups, & Book Authors Need Many Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Editor’s Secrets — The Real Tea Brooklyn Grace (editor) This is an important story for new writers from an experienced editor so I am featuring it.
Digitalmehmet Michael Atkinson
This Might Flop, But I’m Doing It Anyway Mark Sanford, Ph.D.
✨How to Write a Clear Research Title That Boosts Citations and Rankings 🧠 The KURIOUSK, Ph.D.
5 Tips for Boosting Longevity Without Hitting the Gym Ronita De, Ph.D
5 Must-Haves in My Self-Help Journey Victoria Kelliher, M.Ed. School Counseling
What 10 Minutes of Journaling Did to My Bitterness. Dr. Arun Kumar Yadav
How Many of Us Know the Man Behind the Mirror? Dr. Preeti Singh
Are You Ready to Retire? Emotional Readiness vs. Financial Readiness George Schneider, M.A.
How Gaming and Gamification Gave Me a New Life in My Elderly Years Mike Broadly, DHSc
Is your boss incompetent? Congratulations — you’ve just received a sign that it’s time to move on. Florin Andre
How to Grow, Build a Powerful LinkedIn Presence in Less Than 30 Minutes A Day Gen. A Ishimwe
You Don’t Need to Go Hard — You Just Need to Keep Going Grant Lawson
How Often Should I Publish on My Podcast? Heidy De La Cruz
My First Brand New Car, Guess What! ifOnlyi…by Ollie
When the Sky Forgot the Sun Jay
Productivity Doesn’t Beat Procrastination. Clarity Does ADIBE UGOCHUKWU
Our Two-Year Estrangement from My Family Joel Everhart
What AI Can’t Build: 2 Practices for Resilient Leadership in a Changing World (With TEDx’s Paul… Joel Salinas
I Refuse to Give Up On Trying to Find Peace John C. Davis
What Could Have Been John Gobins
Stop “Finding” Your Purpose. It’s Not Lost. It’s Buried Under Your Hesitation. Jordan Davis
Recognising and Rewarding Genuine Effort, Not Just Final Outcomes Keith Williams
How Do You Know It’s Love? — You Start Loving Yourself Leila Drouby, Nutritionist
Sailing Through Ripples of Life: Steady In Every Storm. Madisetti Raveendra Kumar
Time Arbitrage: How to Turn Every Hour into Exponential Gains Mansour Triki
Apple Delays Siri Overhaul — Is It Falling Behind in the AI Race? Marvis Bills
Faith Is… Melanie A. Greene
+“Caught at the Hotel Elevator: The Truth About My Wife’s Secret Life” Mts
Unraveling the Threads Of War in 2025🌍 Nick Patel
SEO is already DEAD. Don’t waste your time! Do this ASAP Nishant Nischal
The Rocks, Sydney Olwen Assheton
The Weight I Carry: A Decade of Gaining, Losing, and Learning Pankaj Bisht
Consciousness and The Afterlife Phillip Shirvington
Life After Likes: Finding Meaning Beyond Social Media Rajesh Poovathum Kadavil
Overthinking? Here’s How Ancient Thinkers Quieted the Mind Rishabh Sundaram
Chasing Fool’s gold. My journey to discover true treasures. Robita Sengupta
You Never Forget to Dream. Rodrigo Montes
When Life Breaks You Rohit
The Tree of Trust Rosemary
Work On The Things People Can’t Take Away From You — Ever Sadhvi Pharasi
The Vibrant Life of Karachi Sarim Saeed
It’s 2025, and We’re Still Judging Love. Why are We So Afraid of Acceptance? Somya Golchha
The Loudest Noise Humans Can Hear: The Sound of Stillness Sonal
Most Women Don’t Want to Be Saved. They Want to Stop Saving Everyone Else Soulitinerary
The Gottmans Dropped This Truth on The Diary of a CEO StackSnacker
I Love Tech, But Robotics Never Hooked Me — Here’s Why Techscribe Central
Do you know if you’re stressed? The Communication Project
10,000 Views in 4 Days: The Exact Strategy No One Talks About The Observer’s Pen
The Truth Women Don’t Talk About: 7 Relationship Needs Thinks Of Nadir
M4 Max Mac Studio: The Ultimate Workstation for Most Users Tudor Iustin
No One Breadcrumbs Machiavelli Violet Abstract
Here comes Blister writingelk
Are You on Track for Retirement? A 5-Minute Checklist Yatin
I Couldn’t Pick 1 Path — Until I Followed These 5 Simple Steps Zahin Nazeer
If you do lots of procrastination like me by playing games and neglecting work, here is a story which helped me to defeat it and become more productive recently.
4 Reasons We Procrastinate and 10 Steps to Overcome Them. Understanding the reasons and the consequences can solve half of the problem, but the other half requires action.medium.com
I loved this new book introduction with a lucid dream attached to it by Dr Yildiz:
Introduction to Cellular Intelligence Stronger Mitochondria, Sharper Brain, and Healthier Life at Any Agemedium.com
I hope you find something interesting in this list.
A Warm Welcome to New Writers Who Joined Us Yesterday
As usual, I keep introducing new writers daily. Here are the ones I introduced yesterday and today, and you can explore their profiles and stories. New writers need support to grow their audience. I add new ones in each collection to help them grow with reader support.
Onboarding New Writers Joining ILLUMINATION Publications Today: #144 Welcome and an acknowledgment of your acceptance to ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium, with helpful links…medium.com
New writers, please check out the onboarding pack before sending your first drafts
Master Copy for 2025: Onboarding Information for New Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated… Welcome and information pack for new contributors to our supportive Publications on Medium, now integrating with…medium.com
Please review these guidelines if you submit your drafts to any of these publications.
ILLUMINATION, Curated Newsletters, SYNERGY (Newsletter Booster), Technology Hits, Health and Science,ILLUMINATION Book Chapters, Readers Hope, ILLUMINATION Gaming,Videos/Podcasts, Magnetic Newsletter Pro, and Substack Mastery Boost.
Welcome to the ILLUMINATION Writing Academy on Substack. Details are in the description section of this video. I can’t wait to see what you will be offering.
ILLUMINATION Writing Academy — Video Introduction on YouTube I created a short video to introduce our first public publication on Substackmedium.com
Thank you for reading, commenting, and sharing this post.
Here is my latest story related to my education program From Zero to Substack Hero on Udemy:
Udemy Still Confuses Substack with Substance But My 3 Courses of From Zero to Substack Hero Still Made It to the Top 4 When People Searched for “Substack”medium.com
I also began sharing my video scripts on Medium, hoping they might help freelance writers. Sadly, Medium’s algorithm gave them the cold shoulder — no distribution, no visibility, not even a courtesy wave to my 20,000+ followers.
So I am now blogging them on our community site where everyone is welcome, and they will also live proudly in my Substack media publication this month. I also created a landing page for my course From Zero to Substack Hero with encouragement by Dr Mehmet Yildiz who host it. He also invited other freelance writers to focus on landing pages in a story lately. It is a must read story as it can change your growth:
What’s a Landing Page and Why Freelancers, Startups, & Book Authors Need Many A sample chapter from my upcoming book, Smart Email Marketing and Content Integration for Startups and Freelancersmedium.com
To all creators out there: if your work is being silenced or overlooked, do not take it personally. Find your space, build your audience, and keep going. The Internet is big enough for all of us — and growing communities like ours are proof of that.
Here is to platforms that share, support, and uplift.
You can access the videos of From Zero to Substack Hero Udemy course by subscribing as a basic member for my publication Technology, Gaming, Movies, and Social Media.
Technology, Gaming, Movies, and Social Media | Aiden MC | Substack This newsletter is to inform and inspire my readers. Click to read Technology, Gaming, Movies, and Social Media, by…aidenmc.substack.com
If you prefer taking the on Udemy, you can use my instructor discount vouchers from the following links:
If you prefer to become a student on Udemy, I have provided significant discounts. Here are the links to discount vouchers for the three levels I created.
From Zero to Substack Hero — Level 1, but still comprehensive
From Zero to Substack Hero — Level 2
From Zero to Substack Hero — Level 3 NEW
I will publish level 4 soon. Here is what Level 4 is about which I introduced on Illumination Substack Mastery YouTube channel.
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If you want some inspiration for Substack especially if you are a YouTuber, TikToker, or Podcasters, you may check out this story.
I will soon start a series of blog posts and TikTok videos to give bite size insights from these videos for education and inspiration purposes as give back to the community.
Celebrating My First 50 Students on Udemy and First 500 Subscribers on Substack As an appreciation, I offer a 33% discount (max I can do) to my Medium and Substack Friends, and I also donated my…medium.com
I am the owner of the Illumination Videos/Podcasts publication so you are welcome to share links to your YouTube/TikTok videos and podcasts from Substack. Here is the link to the submission guidelines to get you started.
ILLUMINATION Videos and Podcasts: Submission Guidelines 2023 Guidance to writers, podcasters, and YouTubers to write better stories on Mediummedium.com
Here is an inspiring story for YouTubers, TikTokers, and Podcasters.
If You Are a YouTuber, TikToker, or Podcaster, You Might Do Well on Substack A TikToker recently joined Substack gained thousands of paid subscribersmedium.com
I am a founding member of the Substack Mastery Boost Pilot which was beautifully articulated by my good friend Mike Broadly, DHSc. He explained the value of in a recent story. I am also founding member of this community and enjoy the benefits.
We Are Building a Creative Support Path for Freelance Writers in 2025 We will offer customized services based on the needs of creators, freelancers, and content entrepreneurs with…medium.com
All funds earned from these courses and books will go to the Substack Mastery Boost Pilot program which we initiated in November 2024 which is planned to take until December 2025. Then in 2026 it will be a low cost education and marketing service for freelance writers.
We also opened our first public publication on Substack. It is called ILLUMINATION Writing Academy. Our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz wrote the submission guidelines.
ILLUMINATION Writing Academy: Submission Guidelines 2025 An introduction to our first public publication on $ubstackmedium.com
He published the first curated story written by Yana G.Y. which might inspire and educate you. Yana as a high performer built a business from the scrach, became a bestselling Substack author, earned her first $10,000 and shared her strategy with us.
The First Curated Story of ILLUMINATION Writing Academy “In August 2024, I Made a Decision that Changed Everything” by Yana G.Y.medium.com
You may check out some landing pages from our community blogs to meet them. Every writer needs a page like that.
If you are a new reader, check out some of my most loved stories from different topics in my writing collection on this platform.
Gaming, Fun, and Humor: The Lifelines That Rescued Me From Social Media’s Grip on My Life
What Car Shows Mean to Me and How They Enriched My Life
A Movie Maker’s Oscar Predictions
AI Can Now Create Photorealistic Videos From Just a Text Prompt
Meet Top Writers of Medium on YouTube
Finding Comfort in Blocks: How Minecraft Eased My First Time Loneliness and Intense Grief at 17
Get an email whenever Aiden (Illumination Gaming) publishes.
You can find many stories like this on ILLUMINATION-Gaming. If you are a writer, you are welcome to join us by sending your Medium Id via our writer registration portal here.
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