EMBRACING LIFE THROUGH LOVE, INC.
ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

Embracing Life Through Love, Inc. is Megan J. Durgan, LMT, MMP to address the need to bridge gaps in care resulting from the traditional approach provided by existing medical and insurance practices. Embracing Life Through Love is making a difference in our health care TODAY, building the bridge that blends traditional and alternative medicines together and becoming extraordinary leaders in the growing field of Integrative Medicine with our dedicated Medical Professionals. Embracing Life Through Love Embracing Life Through Love’s mission is to enhance and nurture a patient’s quality of life and bring hope and healing to those diagnosed with diseases that currently have no known cause or cure”. Embracing Life Through Love’s My name is Larry Tilson and I am an ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) patient. Speaking from experience I can honestly say that Megan Durgan is a very professional, skilled and truly gifted practitioner in the modalities in which she has been trained. I have been one of her patients for about two years and her skilled hands has enabled me to maintain an elevated level of range of motion and a significant decrease in spasticity. Megan has been much more than a massage therapist; she has truly been an anchor in the swift emotional current in which an ALS patient finds oneself. Her presence exudes an aura of spiritual healing that I have never encountered before and transcends anything “modern” medicine can offer. Megan is also a very compassionate patient advocate devoted not only to patient care but to a patient’s needs on all levels including their financial and emotional needs as well as helping a patient acquirer and use an array of specialty equipment. The very foundation of Embracing Life Through Love is based primarily on patient needs. Megan is also very active in ALS awareness, trying very hard to enlighten the general public to the severity of this devastating disease. Megan is currently working and trying to form a partnership with Kasie Carlson, an acupuncturist and practitioner of Chinese medicine for those of us that choose to try an alternative approach to the treatment of ALS. Kasie is another skilled, professional and compassionate individual devoted to patient care with a different however parallel approach to the treatment of a multitude of conditions including ALS. Ms. Carlson runs a community acupuncture clinic, Calm Acupuncture in Safety Harbor Florida. Together I believe they can make a profound impact on the ALS community as a whole. With their alternative approaches to treating ALS and their compassion for patient needs their presence is truly a gift. Immediately upon our initial meeting with Megan for massage therapy for extreme edema (fluid retention) of Danny’s hands and feet, we knew our connection with her would run much deeper. Danny was diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Schlerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease), and since this is a disease considered by medical standards to be a rapidly progessive terminal condition with no known cause nor cure, we were given no hope by various specialty physicians. But because we believe in the power of prayer, and because Danny possesses an amazing will and positive energy…we began our journey through alternative health and healing. Megan is truly gifted with an energy beyond description! Danny’s body responded within two treatments of her massage and healing touch. Her enthusiasm, encouragement, and knowledge of working with one’s “Mind, Body, and Spirit” is uncanny. Among other various modalities, Megan is now applying that of water therapy which recently resulted in Danny being able to experience the exhilerating joy of “walking” in water! (He is in a power wheelchair, and has not walked in five years). As Danny’s sole caregiver and wife, I have also been greatly blessed by Megan’s genuine spirit of compassion. Her willingness to “care” for Danny in our home enables me to get out one day a week with “peace of mind”. Since he is my soul-mate, this means more than words can express! We are now ten years in our walk with ALS, which Megan has helped us to “return” as Actively Living Spiritually, and with her unwavering determination to combat “dis-ease”, we continue to joyfully live in this miracle called life!! Embracing Life Through Love Embracing Life Through Love Embracing Life Through Love "I suffered from a chronic digestive problem for two years. Megan helped me to identify the emotional issue at the root cause, and after a one hour session with her, my problem has disappeared! She is an amazing person and healer." My name is Larry Tilson and I am an ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) patient. Speaking from experience I can honestly say that Megan Durgan is a very professional, skilled and truly gifted practitioner in the modalities in which she has been trained. I have been one of her patients for about two years and her skilled hands has enabled me to maintain an elevated level of range of motion and a significant decrease in spasticity. Megan has been much more than a massage therapist; she has truly been an anchor in the swift emotional current in which an ALS patient finds oneself. Her presence exudes an aura of spiritual healing that I have never encountered before and transcends anything “modern” medicine can offer. Megan is also a very compassionate patient advocate devoted not only to patient care but to a patient’s needs on all levels including their financial and emotional needs as well as helping a patient acquirer and use an array of specialty equipment. The very foundation of Embracing Life Through Love is based primarily on patient needs. Megan is also very active in ALS awareness, trying very hard to enlighten the general public to the severity of this devastating disease. Megan is currently working and trying to form a partnership with Kasie Carlson, an acupuncturist and practitioner of Chinese medicine for those of us that choose to try an alternative approach to the treatment of ALS. Kasie is another skilled, professional and compassionate individual devoted to patient care with a different however parallel approach to the treatment of a multitude of conditions including ALS. Ms. Carlson runs a community acupuncture clinic, Calm Acupuncture in Safety Harbor Florida. Together I believe they can make a profound impact on the ALS community as a whole. With their alternative approaches to treating ALS and their compassion for patient needs their presence is truly a gift.