No Silver Spoons®
Welcome to No Silver Spoons®, a podcast that celebrates grit, resilience, and the beauty of building success without shortcuts. Formerly known as Dentistry Support® The Podcast, we are now in our fourth season, embracing a broader vision while staying true to our roots. Powered by Dentistry Support®, this podcast delivers meaningful conversations, actionable advice, and inspiring stories for listeners from every industry and walk of life.
Hosted by Sarah Beth Herman—a dynamic entrepreneur, generational leader, and 5x CEO with nearly 25 years of experience—No Silver Spoons® brings real, unfiltered discussions about leadership, business, and personal growth. Sarah Beth's journey of building success from the ground up, without ever being handed a "silver spoon," shapes the tone and mission of every episode.
Each week, we feature incredible guests who share their stories of overcoming challenges, learning from their mistakes, and growing into their best selves. Whether you're an entrepreneur, professional, or simply someone who values authenticity and hard work, this podcast is for you.
Join us for candid conversations, That's Good Moments to recap key takeaways and insights that remind us all that success isn’t handed out—it’s earned through grit and determination. Let’s keep the grit, share the goodness, and never stop growing together on No Silver Spoons®.
Episodes
148 episodes
098: Keep Going: Week 9: Tender Personal Growth: Moving forward
In week nine of the 'Keep Going' series on No Silver Spoons, Sarah Beth Herman delves into the complexities and emotional challenges of hiring family members in business. Sharing her personal experience, Sarah Beth discusses the pitfalls of mis...
097: Keep Going: Week 8: Truth Meets Consequence: Staying True Amid Pressure
In this episode of 'No Silver Spoons', Sarah Beth Herman reflects on the profound experiences and lessons learned while working in a challenging corporate environment. Emphasizing the importance of conviction, Sarah shares a personal story of m...
096: 2025 BBB Torch Awards for Ethics Winner: Dentistry Support®
In this heartfelt episode and press release, Sarah Beth Herman narrates the incredible journey of her company, Dentistry Support, becoming the 2025 winner of the Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Ethics in the Pacific Southwest. She detail...
095: Keep Going: Week 7: The Weight of Winning
In this episode of 'No Silver Spoons,' host Sarah Beth Herman delves into the often overlooked challenges that come with achieving success. She shares her personal journey of reaching her long-term business goal of $80,000 in monthly revenue, o...
094: Keep Going: Week 6: Building Under Pressure
In this episode of 'No Silver Spoons,' Sarah Beth Herman dives into the uninvited and relentless nature of pressure, especially when building businesses, dreams, or relationships. As part of the 'Keep Going' series, Sarah shares personal storie...
093: Keep Going: Week 5: Beyond Endurance: A Journey of Integrity
In this episode of No Silver Spoons, Sarah Beth discusses the significance of staying true to oneself in challenging situations. She shares personal experiences from her time working in a dental group, where she faced an unexpected shift in tre...
092: Keep Going: Week 4: Grace and Grit: A Leadership Tale
In this week's episode of No Silver Spoons, Sarah Beth Herman shares a deeply personal and heartfelt story about the complex dynamics of leadership, focusing on letting go when it hurts the most. Using the story of Irma, a once-promising employ...
091: Keep Going: Week 3: Turning Setbacks into Stepping Stones
In this episode of No Silver Spoons, host Sarah Beth shares her personal journey of overcoming life's unexpected challenges. Through the story of her family's move to Arizona for a promising business opportunity that ultimately fell through, Sa...
090 Keep Going: Week 2: The Art of Leading with Humility
In this episode of No Silver Spoons, host Sarah Beth Herman delves into the importance of humility and hard work in leadership and business. Reflecting on her first job at Old Country Buffet, where she wore a humbling uniform and performed vari...
089: Keep Going: Week 1: Rise Through Challenges
In this powerful new season, host Sarah Beth Herman, 5x CEO and leadership mentor, opens up about the story that changed everything. This isn’t another polished business highlight reel. It’s real, raw, and completely human.Episode...
088: Two Words: The End | Keep Going
Sarah Beth Herman, host of 'No Silver Spoons,' shares her journey as a small business owner. She reveals the harsh truths about the challenges and worries that continuously arise in business, debunking the myth that there is a finish line where...
087: Your Office Manager Isn’t Your Insurance Policy
Sarah Beth Herman, CEO of Dentistry Support and host of No Silver Spoons, discusses the vulnerabilities of dental practices that rely too heavily on a single office manager. She shares insights from a California dental group and emphasizes the ...
086: Scale Smarter, Not Harder — Why Systems, Not Money, Grow Dental Practices
In the 86th episode of 'No Silver Spoons,' Sarah Beth Herman dives into the challenges dental business owners face when trying to scale their practices. She explains that the biggest hurdle isn't a lack of money but a lack of proper systems. Sa...
085: Courtesy Is Not Optional: How We Treat People Is the Strategy
In this episode, Sarah Beth Herman discusses the decline of common courtesy and its implications for workplace culture and leadership. She shares a personal story about a simple act of kindness and how it highlighted the importance of courtesy ...
084: Desperate to Determined Part 2
In this episode of "No Silver Spoons", host Sarah Beth Herman delves into the concept of manifestation as a leadership discipline, emphasizing its grounding in neuroscience and practical application. Sarah shares her journey from financial desp...
083: Desperate to Determined Part 1
In this episode of 'No Silver Spoons,' host Sarah Beth Herman, a seasoned entrepreneur and business mentor, opens up about her personal journey from struggle to success. She shares how she turned moments of desperation into opportunities by lev...
082: Burning the Ships: Commitment and Courage
In this episode, Sarah Beth shares insights from a dining room conversation with her husband about the importance of fully committing to one's vision, using the historical example of Hernan Cortez's 'burn the ships' strategy. Sarah discusses th...
081: Virtual, Not AI - in Dentistry
In this episode of 'No Silver Spoons,' hosted by Sarah Beth, the focus is on the integration of AI in dental administrative tasks and the significance of human involvement. Sponsored by Dentistry Support, the episode discusses the limitations o...
080: Flip the Script: Why You Gravitate Toward the Negative & How to Reclaim the Narrative
In this episode of 'No Silver Spoons,' the host discusses the impact of sharing negative or revenge-driven quotes on social media, elucidating their potential harm under the guise of self-discovery. Using the example of her friend 'Vanessa,' th...
079: Dental Office Patient Referral Program Ideas
In episode 79 of No Silver Spoons, Sarah Beth Herman, CEO of Dentistry Support, discusses the need to rethink dental marketing strategies and referral programs. She critiques the outdated and ineffective promotional tactics prevalent in the den...
078: Before You Spend a Dime on Ads
In this episode of 'No Silver Spoons,' Sarah Beth Herman offers a sobering critique of the false promises propagated by many online business coaches and ad experts. She stresses that entrepreneurs often fall into the trap of believing ads and f...
077: Lost People ≠ Bad: Retention Is a Leadership Problem (and Opportunity)
In this episode of No Silver Spoons, Sarah Beth discusses the critical issue of retention struggles in businesses. She emphasizes the importance of not blaming clients or team members, but instead addressing the underlying issues within leaders...
076: Closing the Loop: Mastering Task Delegation and Reception for Effective Collaboration
In this episode of No Silver Spoons, host Sarah Beth Herman shares a personal story illustrating the importance of effective delegation in business. Reflecting on her past experience with a team member, she underscores how clear instructions, a...
075: Automation in Dentistry
In this episode of No Silver Spoons, hosted by Sarah Beth Herman and sponsored by Dentistry Support, we delve into how automation is revolutionizing the dental industry in 2025. The discussion highlights the benefits of AI-powered recruitment, ...
074: The Science of Negativity
In this episode of No Silver Spoons, host Sarah Beth Herman shares her experiences and insights from over five years of leading businesses and brands. Herman emphasizes the importance of recognizing and addressing the subtle ways negative indiv...