Most financial advice assumes that everyone makes decisions about money the same way. They do not. Some women approach money as a sacred responsibility. Some approach it as a shield. Some as an instrument of vision, or service, or freedom, or quiet survival. The Financial Wealthstyle Archetypes is a framework for understanding which of these patterns is yours, what it gives you, where it strains, and how to build a financial life that fits the woman you actually are.

There are twelve archetypes, plus a thirteenth pattern called the Threshold for women who are in active transition and do not yet feel like any one type. The framework was developed by Teresa McAlpine, drawing on behavioral finance, attachment theory, and more than two decades of working with women through the moments that change everything.