11/08/2026
My hormones are imbalanced" - what test do I need?
What if, instead, we looked at this question through a broader and more sophisticated lens than a snapshot-in-time test of hormone or metabolite status?
Within Women's Health Mastery, one of the concepts I teach my mentees (and to teach their own clients) is how to read the signs and symptoms the female body offers up across the menstrual cycle. This knowledge is so powerful. For a woman to recognise these signs as direct representations of what's happening hormonally, inside her own miraculous body, is a different kind of literacy altogether.
This is exactly the territory the brilliant Dr Aviva Romm (.avivaromm) shared so generously last week, teaching on a part of the female body that so rarely gets talked about: the cervix.
Across the cycle, her teaching describes two clear phases. In the follicular phase, as oestrogen builds, the cervix sits higher and feels much softer, with lubrication increasing alongside it. After ovulation, as progesterone takes the lead, the cervix drops slightly lower and firms up, more like the tip of the nose, positioned for easier access.
She also shares a lovely, practical point: this isn't something you need to guess at from a diagram. With a clean finger and a little patience (a bit of lubricant helps if things are dry), you can learn to find and feel these changes for yourself, and once you know what you're feeling for, it becomes a genuinely embodied way of knowing where you are in your cycle.
So rather than reaching for the next gadget or test stick, what if we spent more time truly understanding the beauty of the menstrual cycle, and how the body responds within it - knowledge that educators like Dr Aviva are so generous in sharing with us all.
This is exactly what I teach my mentees, too, that without any testing at all, a woman can build a genuinely accurate daily picture of her cycle just by paying attention to a few key signs each day >>> swipe to see.
Put these together daily & a woman has a remarkably clear, cost-free window into her own hormonal rhythm: no labs required!
