There’s a quiet, sacred overlap between the care you health, aged and community nursing care provide and the work I do. We all walk alongside individuals and families during some of life’s most profound moments — the final chapters, where love, loss, and meaning converge.

My work is rooted in creating continuity through those transitions — from aging and illness to death and grief.

Often, there’s a tender space in-between where families feel lost, unsure what’s happening, or what comes next.

That’s where I come in. With simple tools, honest language, and grounded grief-informed support, I help soften that gear shift — so care doesn’t stop when death arrives, but carries through it.

My hope is to partner with teams like yours to create a more compassionate culture around death: one where aged care and death care walk side by side, and no one feels like they’re navigating it alone.

I offer in-person or online training that meets your team where they are — giving them confidence, clarity and language for those sacred final days.

💡 FREE Sessions Include:

• What the person and families need to guide them through each phase of illness, dying, death and after-death care

• How can we engage with confidence, offer choices, build capacity and lead with compassion

• Language for hard conversations

• Holding space with presence — not pressure

This doesn’t need to be a one-off resource — it’s an invitation to deeper, ongoing support for your team and the families you serve.

🌀 I can also offer:

• Bespoke end-of-life support planning

• On-call grief consulting for aged care

• Ongoing training + reflective sessions + debrief events

• Community Education & Death Literacy events

• Funeral planning & holistic services (via Picaluna)

• Onsite additional Doula support + cooling bed for delayed transfer

When death visits, the best thing is to slow everything down. Put the kettle on… and start the conversation.

Reach out. We’ll begin gently — with your story, your person, and your needs.

• Schedule your initial consultation: begin planning with clarity & caring

• Reach out anytime: phone or email – we can do this…together.

📧 Email Sarah

Mob: 0418 640 901

Podcast Interview with SBS – Grave Matters: Panning for Gold: A Death Doulas Guide to Living and Dying

Podcast Interview – Life and Love & Loss with Death Doula Sarah Tolmie

Listen: Interview Series on Northern Beaches Radio – Death, Dying and Loss

Read: Articles on Life & Love and Loss by Sarah Tolmie

Do you need help and resources for GRIEF & LOSS – Visit our Picaluna Charity Partner – Griefline

“Sometimes the best thing to do is slow down, breathe, and put the kettle on.”

Let’s build something caring — together.

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📍 Sarah is based in NSW — Available Online Nationally

📞 Sarah Tolmie

Life & Love | Community Funerals & End-of-Life Services
📧 sarah@lifeandlove.com.au
🌐 sarahtolmie.com.au