Lindsay Lohan is learning to "take moments for herself to relax".

The 38-year-old star is enjoying her career revival and family life, particularly as "everything was just moving so quick" during her rise to fame as a child star.

She told E! News: "I feel great, I'm really happy, I love what I'm doing. I feel like when I was younger, everything was just moving so quick.

"Now it's nice that I'm older and wiser, and I know how to take moments for myself to relax.

"I like to give me work my all, but then when I'm with my son I wanna give him my all, or my husband, I wanna give him my all.

"I like to have all those parts of my life working together."

The 'Freakier Friday' actress - who has two-year-old son Luai with her husband Bader Shammas - also opened up on her favourite way to relax during her downtime in the evenings.

She said: "I think a massage is nice. the other night I was like, to my husband, 'We're getting couple massages, it's not up for debate, it's just happening.'

"[And] cuddling with my son before he sleeps, that actually relaxes me a lot, just holding him. I just wanna savour these moments."

Lindsay is still keeping busy and enjoying what has been dubbed by some as the 'Lohanaissance', and she has some big career goals still in mind.

She explained: "Eventually, at some point, I really, really do wanna direct. It's definitely something on my bucket list.

"I've grown up on sets and I've learned so much from the directors and people that I've worked with. I don't know when, but at some point!"

However, last month Lindasy pointed out she will only accept certain projects that "work around" her family life.

She told Entertainment Weekly: "Everything I do is [about] what's going to work for my family. "If something works around that, it's meant to happen. If it doesn't work around that, it's a no-go."