Gwyneth Paltrow tries to "strike a balance" with her parenting style.

The 52-year-old actress was previously married to Coldplay star Chris Martin and has Apple, 20, and 19-year-old Moses with him and explained that they are "very proud" of what she has done with her Goop wellness brand, and she always tried to instil "expression and individuality" into them when they were growing up.

She told E! News: "They are very proud of the iconoclastic approach that we have taken in the past.

"Looking back, there are always things that we used to write about [at Goop] where people were like, 'Oh my gosh, what is this?' And now they're so mainstream.

"We try to always strike a balance. For me, manners are super important. So, that was kind of the structure: manners and education. I want a lot of expression and individuality and freedom running through that structure. So, that's kind of how we looked at it.".

The 'Shallow Hal' star - who is now married to producer Brad Falchuk and is stepmother to Isabella, 19, and Brody, 18 through him - thinks that the children in her life are "artistic souls" even though they are currently focusing on their education.

She said: "They are definitely artist souls.

"I do think that [a] mix of structure and art is really coming through in who they are now. They're both academic, and yet they have these beautiful free spirits and I think they will pursue art, which I think is wonderful."

Just before her children all left for college, she spoke of how she would struggle to cope with an empty home, but also told fans in a recent online question and answer session she was confident in the abilities of her children to handle life.

Gwyneth said: "I think my kids both really know themselves very well and that's a trait about them that I both love and admire."

She has also admitted she worries about them getting anxiety out on their own, adding in a web chat: "This is, as we know, the anxious generation. So that's probably what I worry about."