About Yael Wolfe

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About Me

My name is Yael and in my forties, I’m finally trying to unearth the wild wolf that lives within me. …

At 45, I’ve discovered something that is hard for me to swallow: I’m terrible at sex.

It’s not a performance thing. (At least, I haven’t gotten any complaints in that department.) It’s something bigger. Something I struggle to put into words.

I’m terrible at sex and I might be even…

My fingers are clumsy at the ivory keys. My voice is untrained in song.

I can’t please you with that secret chord.

I can only speak through these symbols on a page.

God, how I wish I knew another language, a different note. …

I feel like I just had Covid for a second time. I know I didn’t have it — I’ve spent the last 20 days hunkered down at my mother’s home, where she, my brother and I didn’t go anywhere or see anyone during our pandemic winter hideaway.

Yet when I…

When I confronted him about the affair — his first, but not last — he only confirmed that the event had happened, but argued that it was not an affair and as such, did not apologize or promise to be honest in the future.

On the contrary, he said I…

I’ve always found it odd when someone breaks up with you and insists they still want to be friends, still want to be in your life…and then you never hear from them again. Or when someone says they are going through a tough time, need some space, and then…you never…

I woke up on Monday with a heavy heart. This is how I feel every Monday after the New Year.

Getting through December takes a lot out of me — no doubt that’s true for all of us. There’s the holiday stress, the descent into the darkest days of the…

I recently found out that at my age, and in my current circumstances, I only have the authority and experience to write about one subject: how to be single and happy over 40. A single woman, you see, doesn’t know anything about relationships. …