S4 Ep 12 : What Does the Climb to Becoming a Young Practice Owner Really Look Like? Sarah Armstrong

S4 Ep 12 : What Does the Climb to Becoming a Young Practice Owner Really Look Like? Sarah Armstrong

Conversations with Dental Friends · 2026-04-02
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Season finale energy 🎙️✨

This week on Conversations with Dental Friends, I’m sitting down with Dr Sarah Armstrong, who bought her own practice at 28 (yes, really).

We get into:

​Building a business plan ​Designing a purpose-built refurb​Learning as you go (because you have to)​Risk vs reward and actually backing yourself​Grit, resilience, and taking those skills into everything you do

This episode is one of those reminders that you don’t need to have it all figured out to start - you just need to start.

Huge thank you to Sarah and SPOILER: she’s literally heading off to climb Mount Everest this week… which is just next level 🏔️

You can follow along on Instagram @scarmstrong and Sarah’s practice new_you_dental

You can follow the podcast @conversationswithdentalfriends and I’m over there too @homegirlhygienist

If you want to support her journey, you can here: https://gofund.me/3685c9a2d

Thank you so much to Oral-B for sponsoring this episode and the whole season 🤍

If this season has got you thinking differently about your career (more intentional, more strategic, more you), you can subscribe to our Substack via the link in bio - or DM me “LINK” and I’ll send it straight over.

For more info about Plymouth University click here

Creating a business plan click here

Check out Sarah’s dental practice here

For more information on climbing Mount Everest click here

We’re taking a short break over Easter, but season 5 is coming very soon…

And in the meantime, now’s your moment to catch up on any episodes you’ve missed on Spotify & Apple Podcasts 🎧

Conversations with Dental Friends

If you are in the dental industry and feel you have loads of potential and more to give, or maybe you’re new to the dental field, and if you like interesting stories from interesting people that might just inspire your dental future then this podcast is for you!

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