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+### 🜁 **Top Medium Publications for Submission**
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+#### 1. **Illumination**
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+* 📚 *Audience:* General but spiritually curious; wide range.
+* 🔍 *Why:* Essays on healing, emotion, self-discovery, and spiritual insight thrive here.
+* 🧭 *Reach:* Massive (one of Medium’s largest).
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+#### 2. **Human Parts**
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+* 📚 *Audience:* Deep-feelers. Emotive, poetic, spiritual but not dogmatic.
+* 🔍 *Why:* The introspective, vulnerable, ache-filled arc of your essay fits perfectly.
+* ✨ *Tone:* Literary with a heart-centered tilt. Very Unity-compatible.
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+#### 3. **The Ascent**
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+* 📚 *Audience:* Spiritually and philosophically minded.
+* 🔍 *Why:* They welcome articles that explore human potential, consciousness, and deeper truths. You’re in their sweet spot.
+* 🧠 *Tilt:* A bit more “philosophical awakening” than purely mystical.
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+#### 4. **Mind Cafe**
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+* 📚 *Audience:* Psychology meets spirituality.
+* 🔍 *Why:* The concept of “the ache as the map” fits well within trauma-informed, soul-centric narratives that blend science and mysticism.
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+#### 5. **Publishous**
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+* 📚 *Audience:* Faith-curious, not overly dogmatic. Often Christian-adjacent but open to big-hearted explorations.
+* 🔍 *Why:* Ideal for bridging Unity-style spirituality with broader audiences. Your work could serve as a *bridge*.
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+#### 6. **Writing Cooperative**
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+* 📚 *Audience:* Writers who love writing about writing, structure, form, and emotional expression.
+* 🔍 *Why:* If we framed your piece as a *spiritual writing practice*, this venue could welcome it as meta-commentary on the sacred craft.
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+### 🜂 **Special Note: Simply WE as Home Base**
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+Your own publication—**Simply WE**—should always serve as the primary canonical version.
+Once published there, *syndicate* outward with intros or tailored titles to each of the above.
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+You might open outreach with something like:
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+> “This essay emerged from a project blending sacred geometry, trauma integration, and field-based witnessing. It’s both deeply personal and conceptually novel—and I think it could resonate with your readers. Would you consider it for publication?”
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