What keeps you going on the hard days?

Traci Donnelly sits down with Rudy Espinoza, CEO of Inclusive Action, for a conversation that opens with an Irish poet and lands somewhere most nonprofit leaders rarely go out loud. They talk about the unknown self beneath the work, what it means to fight for communities that deserve dignity and resources, and why the best funders don't just write a check. They show up.

Rudy's organization has deployed over $10 million in microloans and grants to street vendors, home-based businesses, and immigrant entrepreneurs in Los Angeles. But this episode isn't really about the numbers. It's about why the work matters, and what it takes to keep showing up even when you're running on empty.

On this episode of Making Impact, host Traci Donnelly sits down with Juju Green (aka Straw Hat Goofy), who was recently named a Time 100 Creator, to chat about life, parenting, and the magic of cinema. Juju opens up about growing up in Compton, finding his ""why"", and how sharing his love for film became his favorite way to connect with people. Plus, he shares how he balances viral fame with raising his 8-year-old daughter, who is officially his biggest fan (and toughest critic). For more information on Making Impact, visit www.makeanimpact.org.

Piglet is terrified of everything. And he's the bravest one in the Hundred Acre Wood.

Traci Donnelly sits down with Travis Oates, who has voiced Piglet for nearly 20 years, for a conversation that goes much deeper than animation. They talk about the difference between real fear and false fear, why we're taught to tamp down the emotions that actually protect us, and what it looks like to keep moving forward when everything in you is screaming to stop.

It's a conversation for anyone who has ever shown up anyway.