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Dr Radha Modgil has been an energetic, trusted and creative voice for health and wellbeing since 2008 and is on a mission to bring about positive change in the world. Her work focuses on empowering people to make small, tangible yet powerful changes to improve quality of life. She believes that every individual has their own untapped powerhouse of solutions for life. As a woman of English and Indian heritage, Radha is motivated by the desire to connect people across the world by highlighting our universal human need for authentic community, having been named one of the ‘Top 5 South Asian Women to Watch’ by the Female Lead.
Who is Dr Radha?
Radha is the medical expert for BBC Radio 1’s Life Hacks, and the trusted voice for BBC Radio 5Live’s weekly Mental Health Clinic. She has also broadcast extensively on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Ideas championing health and wellbeing. She co-presented the Life Hacks BBC Sounds podcast discussing mental health and life challenges and was the solo presenter of the ground breaking CBeebies show, ‘Feeling Better’, which highlighted the importance of helping and talking to young children about their feelings.
She appeared as the medical expert and presenter for Channel 4’s ‘The Sex Education Show’ for all 5 seasons. Radha has appeared as an expert on BBC’s primetime evening programme ‘The One Show’ and their daytime BBC Morning Live Show. She was the medical expert for Make My Body Younger on BBC Three, makes regular appearances on BBC Breakfast, ITV and BBC News, as well as Sky News.
Radha has written for The Guardian, Woman’s Own, MSN Health & Fitness, The Huffington Post, and featured on Apple News and BBC News. She is a weekly columnist for the inewspaper, and the monthly columnist for Prima and Boundless magazine. She has also written for Psychologies magazine and BBC Science Focus magazine.
Digital
Dr Radha has contributed to a wealth of digital and online projects including BBC Ideas, BBC Bitesize, BBC Teach, BBC Own It, BBC iWonder, BBC Advice Pages and BBC Learning. She has also been named a Social Media Role Model for The Female Leads ‘Disrupt Your Feed’ campaign, and celebrated by the Guardian for her online content creation. She also writes a monthly newsletter providing insights and advice on wellbeing and reflections on the daily challenges we face. She is an Editorial Contributor for AllBright Women, a member of Cybersmile’s Expert Advisory Panel and has worked as an expert for Meta and Think Young’s Collaboration ‘Our Feed, Our Future – Shaping a Safer Digital Space’ on their Youth and Parent’s Network.
Radio
Apart from her regular role on BBC Radio 1, she has also broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Asian Network, LBC, Bauer radio, Global Radio, Talk Radio and Radio 1’s Newsbeat.
Television
Radha has appeared as an expert on BBC’s primetime programme ‘The One Show’ and their daytime BBC Morning Live Show. She appeared as the medical reporter for all five series of The Sex Education Show Ch4 and two series of Make My Body Younger BBC Three. She was the resident GP for the daytime show Live with Gabby on CH5 and for Newsround, CBBC. She has also reported on ITV’s flagship show This Morning, made regular appearances on BBC Breakfast and reported for ITV Tonight, Channel 5 News as well as ITV News. Radha has made appearances on Channel 4’s Steph’s Packed Lunch. She presented and consulted on the ground breaking CBeebies series ‘Feeling Better.
Radha is a weekly columnist for ‘the i’ newspaper’ writing about how we can all live our best lives. She is a monthly columnist for Prima and Boundless magazines and contributed to a monthly column for Psychologies magazine alongside the Mental Health Foundation and BBC Science Focus magazine. She is a ‘Hello Happiness’ Expert for Hello! magazine mini-masterclass series and an Editorial Contributor for AllBright Women. Radha has written for The Guardian, MSN Health & Fitness, Woman’s Own, The Huffington Post, AllBright and featured on Apple News.
Testimonials
“Delightful and uplifting. A person of humility, vision, knowledge and power. Truly inspiring”
“Dr Radha’s session was so insightful – a fantastic opportunity to hear her speak”
“Really enjoyed listening to you – what you said resonated with me so much”
“You are a bright and shining star during these challenging times Radha. Thank you and well done for all your superb advice and support”
“A very inspiring and wonderful human”
“The human face of help”
“During the pandemic Dr Radha took to writing short, helpful posts listing tiny steps that people can take to ease the burden of everything. This practice has continued since the end of the lockdown and Radha remains an undefeated well of useful positivity” – The Guardian
“In New Zealand children had the Prime Minister giving a presser for children. In the UK we have Dr Radha” – BBC News piece answering children’s anxieties about the pandemic
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