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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.

The Danger of Using Someone Else’s Voice to Tell Your Story

Monday, July 18, 2011

Over the past week I had been reading David Sedaris’ “Me Talk Pretty One Day”, his collection of personal essays detailing various phases of his life. Sedaris’ brand of humor is seductive. He freely writes about morbid thoughts that can easily offend. He admits to viewing his childhood guitar teacher, a midget, as “his personal [...]

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How to Break Self-Sabotage Behaviors

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Some of you live in a perpetual soap opera: you get so close to your goal that you can practically taste it on your tongue. Then, as if by clockwork, you do something that rips that possibility from underneath your feet. You are, once again, confronted by the fruits of your self-sabotaging behaviors. If you [...]

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Perspective on Success Interview with Decoded Pathways

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Chuks Onwuneme of Decoded Pathways interviewed me after reading one of my answers on Quora about success and how this changes people’s attitudes and behaviors.

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