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Author Archives: Jane Chin

Jane Y. Chin, Ph.D. grew up in 3 continents spanning the East, Middle East, and the West. Jane is founder of 9Pillars, a consultancy focused on creating personal and social significance. Chin was founder and President of Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Institute, and founding publisher of MSL Quarterly, the first MSL management journal. Jane is creator of “Jane’s Mental Health Source Page”, one of the internet’s oldest personal websites on depression and emotional abuse. Jane has a Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology from Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) and a doctorate degree in biochemistry from University of Buffalo at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Buffalo, New York). She lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband, son, and an old royal ball python named Budette.

Indemnitas

Thursday, December 8, 2011

We are rewriting Fables. The hare beats the tortoise and wins the race. The farmer who killed the goose that laid the golden eggs gets rich by selling future options against golden eggs in the commodity market. We can outsource the mining of ores of our experience and pre-load Fast-Pass tickets with academic degrees. Getting [...]

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Secrets of the World

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

People seem to like one of the taglines I’ve used on my social media profiles: “Because I am important in the life of my child, I am shown the Secrets of the World.” Occasionally one may ask, “what are these secrets?” I’ve been writing some of these “secrets” to my child, in case one day [...]

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What Stage of _ _ _ _ _ is This

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

What stage of _ _ _ _ _ is this My ears hear “how are you,” my mouth forms words, these damn words lift the flimsy latch trapping tears. I look up, straining eye muscles that don’t exist feeling tears fill. You are so tall that I still see your face. Now I feel self-conscious: [...]

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Weapon

Sunday, September 25, 2011

I don’t know how and why I’ve come to use my mind As a trap device to snare My soul as if I know How best to wound the Tender spots and where A puncture hurts the most So why don’t I stop

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Loss and Gain

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

A poem I wrote for the father of a 3 year old child who has lost her hair to cancer. An act of cellular violence This physiological warfare Shedding ruddiness of skin Sheen of soft hair Sturdiness of body Strips away illusion Of what strength means Of how beauty appears Of where the soul lives [...]

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