On a typical morning, the self-help author Gabrielle Bernstein , 39, is up by 7 a.m. with her 9-month-old son, Oliver. Her husband Zach Rocklin , 42, an artist and the chief operating officer of his wife’s company, is in charge of feeding him. That’s when Ms. Bernstein heads upstairs to her “meditation loft” (also known as an office) in their two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment in Alphabet City to do the first of two 20-minute meditations.

“Without my self-care practices I’m a mess. I have anxiety. I feel disconnected,” she said. “Being a spiritual self-help author doesn’t mean you have it all together.”

Routine is integral to Ms. Bernstein’s self-care, which includes weekly acupuncture, a lymphatic drainage massage, emotional freedom technique mediation and E.M.D.R. therapy (she says it “helps treat traumatic memories”). She is also currently on a cleanse: no dairy, sugar, coffee, fungi, gluten or carbs that are not simple grains.

Ms. Bernstein’s apartment is wellness-proofed. On the dining room table, a bowl holds several boxes of loose crayons, should someone want to write down an intention. The room includes photos of Oprah, crystals and a sleeper couch used solely for meditation.