[See: \u2018About \u2018Subconceptual\u2019<\/a>]<\/p>\n Nonconscious to conscious<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n At any moment, all mental patterns originate nonconsciously. Few of these get to consciousness. They are like winners who inhibit others. Still, the latter do influence mental processing in a myriad of ways.<\/p>\n It\u2019s scientifically certain that consciousness does not reside in one particular part of the brain apart from non-conscious processing. Even more, the same<\/em> neurons work together towards both. Functionally, this means that consciousness can be seen as a characteristic<\/em> of one kind of nonconscious processing\u2026<\/p>\n There goes the general notion of \u2018free will\u2019? Not altogether. [see: \u2018In Defense of Free Will<\/a>\u2019].<\/p>\n The speaker\u201d knows what he\u2019s doing\u201d.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n At least, that\u2019s the idea. Even at the verbal level, much happens nonconsciously:<\/p>\n All while the public is watching.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Thus, also your being spontaneous will be seen by the public. No problem. Even if \u2018spontaneous\u2019 is \u2018with some apprehension\u2019, that\u2019s OK. Showing yourself is your gateway towards a good public speech.<\/p>\n You may not know how little you are in control of all the communication you send to your public, or you may not care\u2026 Or you may try to make the best of it. Even so, you cannot ever consciously control it all.<\/p>\n At the same time, you owe to your public a professional and repeatable performance<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n This subsumes control, not chaos. So, one way or the other, there needs to be non<\/u>-conscious control.<\/p>\n This is what makes professional<\/em> public speaking such a challenge: the quality being dependent on your non-conscious processing. This also points to the importance of good-quality<\/em> coaching. Only a good coach can guide you in what you yourself by definition cannot consciously control. You have to \u2018let go\u2019.<\/p>\n\n