When life brings you to this moment, you don't have to face it alone
About Us
VITA Life and Legacy
You deserve to feel calm, clear, and supported through some of life's most significant moments.
VITA Life and Legacy is here to help.
Whether you are planning ahead, supporting someone at the end of their life, or navigating loss, this is a place where you will find compassionate guidance and a steady hand to help you through.
Kerry Tully is an experienced Funeral Celebrant, End-of-Life Doula, and Author with over 18 years in the field. She works with individuals and families across three areas of support, each one designed to bring clarity and calm when it is needed most.
For those who want to plan ahead, Kerry helps you document your wishes, organise your affairs, and put everything in place so the people you love are not left guessing.
When someone is approaching the end of their life, Kerry provides compassionate, practical guidance every step of the way, from emotional support through to bedside vigil care, so no one has to face that season alone.
And when the time comes to farewell someone you love, Kerry creates meaningful, personalised ceremonies that truly honour who they were. From traditional funerals and memorial services through to ashes scattering and pet memorials, every service is crafted with care, dignity, and heart.
Wherever you are in this journey, VITA Life and Legacy walks alongside you.
How can we help you?
Funerals &
Memorials
Planning a farewell for someone you love is one of life's hardest moments. I'm here to guide you through it with care, creating a meaningful ceremony that truly reflects the life and legacy of your loved one.
End-of-Life
Doula
You don't have to do this alone. As an end-of-life doula, I provide practical, emotional and spiritual support for individuals and families, offering a steady, caring presence when it matters most.
The Complete
End-of-Life Planner
Planning ahead isn't about death - it's about love, legacy and peace of mind. Explore The Complete End-of-Life Planner and other resources to start your journey toward feeling organised, prepared and truly ready.
Resources and Helpful Connections
Explore a range of organisations, support services, and practical resources to help you navigate ageing, illness, end-of-life planning, grief, and loss with confidence.
The Complete
End-of-Life Planner
Most Australians leave their family with no plan. This book changes that. Record your funeral wishes, life story, digital passwords, important documents, and heartfelt letters to loved ones - everything your family needs, all in one place.
Gives your family clarity during an emotional time
Keeps important personal, legal, and practical information in one place.
Allows your wishes to be known and respected
Helps reduce stress and uncertainty for loved ones
Provides peace of mind for you and the people you love
Blogs & Stories
From Chaos to Clarity | End-of-Life Planning with Peace & Legacy
From Chaos to Clarity: Finding Peace in End-of-Life Planning
Planning for your own or a loved one's end-of-life can feel heavy and overwhelming. I guide you - gently - through practical steps, emotional support, and personalised ceremonies so your wishes are clear and your family has peace of mind
Why Planning Feels Overwhelming (And Why That’s Okay)
Life is a beautiful whirlwind of work, family, and responsibilities. Big conversations get pushed aside. When we finally face end-of-life planning, it can feel like too much -overwhelm is natural. My role is to turn that weight into calm, clarity, and confidence.
My Story: From a Whisper to a Mission
Years ago, a loved one’s death became a frantic search for documents and answers - when what we truly needed was space to be together. That experience lit a fire in me. I saw how a simple conversation and a gentle plancould have brought comfort and direction. Today, through VITA Life & Legacy, I offer exactly that: a safe, supportive way forward.
How I Help You Move From Chaos to Calm
1. Get Organised with The Complete End-of-Life Planner
Starting is the hardest part. My planner breaks everything into kind, manageable steps - legal and financial notes, personal wishes, values, music, readings, memories, and where to find what matters. It’s your roadmap, at your pace, in your words.
2. Gentle Emotional Support (End-of-Life Doula)
This journey isn’t just paperwork. As a doula, I walk alongside you and your family - listening deeply, easing fears, holding space, and helping you navigate conversations with calm and compassion. The tone is always inclusive, hopeful, and human.
3. Meaningful Funerals & Memorials (Celebrant)
Ceremonies should reflect a life well-lived. Together, we design farewells that feel true - music, stories, rituals, and symbols that honour your person and comfort your people. You focus on love and memories; I handle structure and flow.
The Gift of Peace
Planning isn’t morbid - it’s an act of love. Small, steady steps today spare your family stress tomorrow and protect the legacy you’ve worked so hard to build. Let’s make it gentle, kind, and beautifully you.
FAQs
What is end-of-life planning?
It’s documenting your medical, legal, financial, and personal wishes so the right people know what matters and where to find everything - when it’s needed most.
How does an End-of-Life Doula help?
By providing emotional support, practical guidance, and calm presence - before, during, and after dying - so families feel companioned, not alone.
Can we personalise a funeral or memorial?
Absolutely. We’ll craft a ceremony that reflects values, stories, culture, faith, music, and the little details that made them, them.
Where should I start if I feel overwhelmed?
Begin with one small step: write down your top three wishes and who to contact. Then complete The Complete End-of-Life Planner, section by section.
Do you work locally around Brisbane?
Yes - I’m based in Brisbane and support families from the Sunshine Coast to the Gold Coast (and online for planning and doula support).
What makes VITA Life & Legacy different?
Practical tools + compassionate support + personalised ceremonies. One gentle, joined-up pathway from “I don’t know where to start” to peace of mind.
Our Customers Say About Us
In our time of sadness and sorrow, Kerry was wonderful. From the moment we met her she was compassionate and understanding. She advised and made recommendations that were suitable to our needs and requirements. It was so comforting to have her guide us both in our time of sadness. Kerry’s very down-to-earth approach, put my wife and I at ease, as we both felt more than comfortable with Kerry’s way of explaining things and guiding us. Dave
Kerry, I wanted to thank you for the service on Friday. It was absolutely beautiful. Perfect in every way. Your attention to detail made the day so special and something I will never forget. Thank you for going over and above your role and being so accommodating when changes were through at you. You are an amazing person and we are truly grateful. Michelle
Kerry was a huge help in organising the funeral. She kept a level head when we were consumed with grief.
Kerry delivered a very personal touch, and it was very evident that she takes great joy in being able to do the very vest in presenting a celebration of your loved one’s life.
She organized so much for us, from putting together the order of service and liaising with the Funeral Directors, to making sure everything ran smoothly on the day.
Kerry also made sure that people who worked with and had an association with Dad know of his passing. Such a caring and genuine lady.
Karen
Kerry really excelled herself in assisting with the entire ceremony, not only presenting on the day but in preparation.
From contacting and notifying key invites from various organisations. Providing items for display, organising a bagpiper to play at the service, preparing order the of service and providing the family with a compilation of Dads life in a beautifully presented memorial booklet including the Eulogy and service outline.
Kerry managed to fill so many voids in the preparation and handling making everything less stressful for the family and bringing the whole day together perfectly.
Lindsay
Meet Kerry Tully
Kerry is the Founder of VITA Life and Legacy, Funeral Celebrant, End-of-Life Doula, End-of-Life Specialist, and author of The Complete End-of-Life Planner.
This work is not just my profession. It is deeply personal.
I have experienced loss in some of its most tender forms, including the grief of losing my son, my father, my grandparents, and dear friends. Each of those losses shaped me in ways I still carry. It was after losing my grandfather that I felt a quiet, certain knowing: when the time came for my grandmother, I wanted to help with her farewell. That moment became the beginning of everything.
Over the past 18 years I have had the honour of supporting countless families through life's most significant moments, creating ceremonies that are deeply personal and meaningful. Every farewell has only deepened my belief that how we mark the end of a life truly matters.
That belief is what inspired me to write this planner. Because everyone deserves clarity, and a calm, structured path through what can otherwise feel like an impossible process.
My hope is simply this: that you feel less alone, more prepared, and quietly confident that the things that matter most are taken care of.
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