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Nov 2020
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Katherine McNamara ON: Centering on Joy ...

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Katherine McNamara is a self-proclaimed professional chameleon. As an actor known for her roles in Shadowhunters and Arrow, she gets curious about her character’s role in the story and does in depth research to be able to fill that role.

On this episode of On Purpose, Actor Katherine McNamara and Jay Shetty talk about approaching learning with excitement and joy, finding laughter among chaos, and letting your curiosity guide you towards purpose. They also briefly talk about which Hogwarts house we each would be in. Reach out to Jay and Katherine on Instagram to let them know what house you think you’d be sorted into.

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