Featured Author: Ngoni Diana Johns
When everything fell away, there was nothing left to hold onto, only what remained within. Not strength. Not certainty. Just a quiet, stubborn refusal to disappear. And somehow, that was enough to keep going.
Writing Through Darkness, Rebuilding Through Light
Some stories are written.
Others are lived slowly, painfully, and with a strength that can only be understood from within.
Ngoni Diana Johns is a Zimbabwean-born British speaker, poet, and author whose work emerges from lived experience. With a background spanning global institutions such as Wellington Management, Bank of Montreal, Barclays, and Travelex, her early career reflected precision, ambition, and achievement.
But her path took an unexpected and life-altering turn.
What followed became not just a personal journey, but a movement.
When Life Changes Without Warning
In late 2021, everything shifted.
The body that had carried her through academic success and professional milestones began to fail, without explanation.
Weakness.
Loss of eyesight.
A heart no longer steady.
Despite seeking medical help, Ngoni was repeatedly dismissed, her symptoms reduced to “probably anxiety.”
For four years, she lived inside a reality that had not yet been officially acknowledged.
When answers finally came, they were complex and undeniable:
Multisystem dysautonomia.
MCAS.
POTS.
Endometriosis.
And a confirmed adverse reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine.
By then, the cost had been immense.
Her career.
Her savings.
Her sense of stability.
And nearly, her home.
Turning Pain into Purpose
From this experience, Ngoni did not just write; she transformed.
As the Founder and CEO of Chiedza Innovations Ltd, she began turning her story into something larger: a space for reflection, awareness, and connection.
Her writing does not offer easy answers. Instead, it offers something more powerful:
Honesty.
The Book: Standing on Our Last Bones
This work is not about perfection or resolution. It is about what remains when everything else falls away.
Book Blurb
Standing on Our Last Bones is a raw and courageous exploration of what happens when life strips us down to the very foundations of who we are.
Through seasons of pain, grief, uncertainty, and unexpected transformation, Ngoni Diana Johns invites readers into the fragile spaces where survival meets surrender. This is not a story about having all the answers; it is a testament to the quiet strength found in continuing when everything feels impossible.
With honesty, vulnerability, and hope, Standing on Our Last Bones speaks to anyone who has carried invisible battles, faced moments of deep exhaustion, or wondered whether they have anything left to give.
It is a reminder that even when we feel broken, there can still be something sacred being rebuilt within us. That sometimes the strongest foundations are formed not in comfort, but in the moments when we are forced to discover what remains.
A story of resilience, healing, faith, and becoming — Standing on Our Last Bones is an invitation to find light in the places we thought were beyond repair.
A Voice for the Unseen
Ngoni’s writing speaks directly to those who feel unheard, unseen, or misunderstood.
Her work resonates with readers who have:
- Faced invisible illness
- Experienced loss or identity shifts
- Questioned their strength
- Continued forward despite uncertainty
She does not write from distance; she writes from within.
Where to Find the Book
Connect with the Author
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https://www.instagram.com/ngonidianajohns?igsh=MTJvaTdqdGo0cHBwNA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Final Thoughts
Standing on Our Last Bones is not simply a story of survival. It is a story of rebuilding, piece by piece, breath by breath. It reminds us that even at our lowest, something within us still stands.
And sometimes, that is enough to begin again.
