Explosions of Joy: A Memoir of the Grief Counselor for Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Explosions of Joy is a memoir about the grief counselor to families of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370. On March 8, 2014, those families went to pick up their loved ones and saw "delay" on the arrival boards. Within the hour, they were instructed to gather at a hotel conference room because the plane had disappeared from radar. Paul Yin lived in Beijing and went straight there when the news broke. He immediately orchestrated counseling for all those involved by connecting them to insurance/EAP if they had it, trained counselors on the spot, and conducted his own sessions. He was the face on all the newscasts (CNN, Anderson Cooper, NBC, and many other international news outlets) as an advocate for the families.

The memoir follows his life as he fought to break through the barriers against mental health care which remained intact from Mao Zedong's rule. Paul Yin, after studying psychology in California, fought hard to chip away at "political thought correction" in China to replace it with real, beneficial counseling. He has lectured to hundreds of crowds, trained thousands of counselors, and was instrumental in establishing the Employee Assistance Program in China and parts of Africa. Paul has provided counseling to victims and families of several Chinese National disasters: SARS, the Sichuan Earthquake, Asiana Airlines 214 Disaster, and, most recently, MH370. Paul helped China realize the need for psychology, and he describes the ways he helped people find joy despite unspeakable grief.

Paul's inspiration through his whole journey has been to put aside his own ego, live a life with meaning, and lift others up above himself. He said, "I will never walk on water, but I want to be the droplets of water for others to walk on," which was why, most recently, he agreed to accept a position as a teacher at a prep school for Peking University called Dalton Academy. His teaching philosophy is having an amazing impact on young minds. Dalton's top-requested field of study is now psychology in a country which just 20 years ago had very few ways to study the field, and a country where Paul Yin was told unequivocally, "There's no place for psychology in China and you know it "

"Explosions of Joy is an extraordinary tribute to counselor Paul Yin and to grieving families of Malaysia Flight 370 disaster. The book illustrates kindness, compassion, advocacy, activism and faith in the face of aviation tragedy." -Ellen Weber (PhD) Mita International Brain Center

"A brilliant, haunting, and healing book . . ." -Dr. Herb Goldberg, author of What Men Still Don't Know About Women, Relationships, and Love; The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege, Creative Aggression, and several others

Author: Yin Paul, Kraus a. Trina
Publisher: Kraus House Publishing
Published: 03/24/2018
Pages: 202
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d
ISBN: 9780692065730

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001

About the Author
Paul, Yin: - Paul Yin was born in China and spent 22 years in the U.S. He returned to China to fulfill his dream of providing psychological service to his countrymen. Today, Paul is mostly known as a prominent psychologist from China. But he is a true renaissance man living a life of no-limits. On a unique winding path, and through events like the SARS epidemic, the Sichuan earthquake, Asiana Airlines Flight 214, and Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, he was guided into a life of answering the call of service to humanity. This is Paul Yin's debut publication in the U.S. He has published several books in China as well as numerous poems and magazine articles, and he has been a frequent guest on TV and radio.Ken, Rutt: - Ken is a Mechanical Engineer with 25+ years of experience in medical equipment design. His most recent employment took him to China on many trips where he "accidentally" met Pau Yin at the Lei Café at the Beijing Airport. Both were waiting for their delayed flight departures. But that wait birthed an enduring friendship and ultimately the opportunity to assemble Paul's memoirs which were the foundation for this book.Trina, Kraus a.: - Trina A. Kraus is a mom to two naughty cats named Lucky and Rudy along with two vivacious and intelligent little girls named Eden and Lily. She holds a Master's of Science in Education and has taught high school English for seventeen years in Pennsylvania and Washington. She is also a proud wife of a decorated U.S. Army veteran. Please visit her blog at www.trinaakraus.com to enjoy some tips from the heart of an English teacher who has cared deeply for her students and believes in making the world a better place through education.

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